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It's Farewell To Another Hollywood Great! 'The Birds' Star Rod Taylor Dies At 84
By Holly Williams in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 09 January 2015
Rod Taylor passed away on Wednesday ahead of his 85th birthday.
Veteran actor Rod Taylor has passed away aged 84, with reports suggesting he collapsed following a heart attack at his Los Angeles home on Wednesday (January 7th 2015). The news comes ahead of his 85th birthday on Sunday.
Rod Taylor and Tippi Hedren in 'The Birds'
The star was surrounded by family and friends at the time of his death according to People, with other reports suggesting he had just left a dinner party. There is no notion that he had been previously suffering from ill health in the months before his death.
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Tippi Hedren and Rod Taylor - Shown: Rod Taylor (as Mitch Brenner), Tippi Hedren (as Melanie Daniels) - London, United Kingdom - Friday 9th January 2015
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The Birds Review
Extraordinary
Hitchcock aimed to do for avians in The Birds what he did for showers in Psycho, and by and large he succeeded. The Birds is roughly hewn by comparison to Hitch's more deftly plotted films -- it's much closer to a monster movie than a psychological thriller, moreso than any of his other films. Tippi Hedren makes her screen debut here, and it's a bit of a cold and tricky one, though not a terrible performance. She flubs her lines consistently, though -- including one in her very first scene. The Birds is most notable though for turning something completely harmless into an incredible menace -- all with absolutely no explanation. That's where the terror really comes from in The Birds.