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INJURED Call it an exit wound. Nicole Kidman, 33, has bowed out of David Fincher's thriller The Panic Room due to a knee injury sustained more than a year ago on the Australian set of Moulin Rouge. A Columbia publicist says the studio is "weighing options" for a new star.

DEATHS French film star Jean-Pierre Aumont, 92, of unknown causes, Jan. 30, in St. Tropez, France. The wavy-haired charmer, once engaged to actress Hedy Lamarr, starred in 1953's Lili with Leslie Caron and François Truffaut's 1973 Day for Night ... Longtime agent Robert Littman, 63, whose early clients included Gene Hackman and Martin Landau, of cancer, Jan. 29, in Mexico ... Actor Roy Brown, 68, who played Bozo the Clown's sidekick Cooky the Cook from 1968 to 1994, of congestive heart failure, Jan. 22, in Chicago ... Actor Sandy Baron, 64, of emphysema, Jan. 21, in Van Nuys, Calif. Best known for his recurring Seinfeld role as Florida retiree Jack Klompus (who gave Jerry an upside-down "astronaut" pen), he also won praise for his 1972 stage portrayal of Lenny Bruce ... Poet Gregory Corso, 70, who helped usher in the '50s Beat movement, of prostate cancer, Jan. 17, in Robbinsdale, Minn. Corso's work was considered more confrontational and shocking than that of close friends Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac ... Actor Al Waxman, 65, during heart surgery, Jan. 17, in Toronto. He played Lt. Bert Samuels on CBS' Cagney & Lacey in the '80s, and will appear as Louis B. Mayer in ABC's upcoming Judy Garland biopic ... Acerbic writer Auberon Waugh, 61, of a heart ailment, Jan. 16, in London. The son of novelist Evelyn Waugh once said Americans "are fat, they wear disgusting clothes, they eat too many hamburgers." ... Ted Mann, 84, owner of the Hollywood landmark Mann's Chinese Theatre, of a stroke, Jan. 15, in L.A.

— Nicholas Fonseca

Originally posted Feb 09, 2001 Published in issue #581 Feb 09, 2001 Order article reprints

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