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RE: Spartacus. I deleted the "Spartacus" entry in the trivia section. Douglas does not kill Curtis' character in this film (as stated in the entry). Rather, Curtis' is the first to step forward with the famous line "I'm Spartacus," offering to die in Douglas' character's place. The end result is that both Douglas' and Curtis' are crucified (along with 1,000's of Spartacus' other followers).

Contents 1 The year and date of birth don't add up! 2 Alcoholism, drug use 3 300 yds - 300 m?? 4 Death ?

[edit] The year and date of birth don't add up!

"Between 1942 and 1945 Curtis served in the U.S. Navy aboard the submarine tender, the USS PROTEUS. He witnessed the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay in September 1945, from a vantage point of 300 yards away.[1] After his service in the Navy, the young Curtis studied acting alongside Elaine Stritch, Walter Matthau and Rod Steiger. To use his own words, he got into the movies because he was 'the handsomest of the boys.' Arriving in Hollywood in 1948 aged 23"

You earlier say he was born 1933 then have him serving in 1942 (age9) and in 1948 (age 15) you say he is aged 23? Something does not add up? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.145.241.241 (talk) 13:12, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

The story said he was born in 1925. Where did you get 1933?

208.97.15.223 (talk) 15:07, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Alcoholism, drug use

Why is there no mention of his chronic drug and alcohol use, and subsequent recovery? You would find this in Encyclopedia Britannica, why not here? I thought this was supposed to be neutral.

There's probably no mention because no-one's added it yet. Wikipedia is neutral, but it can only be so if the information has been added to it. If you find information to be missing from this article, then the simple solution is to add it! Just make sure to reference any facts. 22:14, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 300 yds - 300 m??

"He witnessed the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay September 14, 1945, from 300 yards (300 m) away." 300 yards is hardly 300 metres! Katie ( Let's talk!! ) 13:50, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Death ?

Why does it have under his image on the right hand side that he died today ? User:82.23.122.243 22:08, 20 April 2008