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Where were Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau friends?

The pairing of actors Jack Lemmon (1925–2001) and Walter Matthau (1920–2000) spanned ten films. Their clash of on-screen personalities is perhaps best epitomized in their second film together, The Odd Couple (1968), in which Lemmon played a “fussbudget” to Matthau’s slob.

Off-screen, they were the closest of friends.

What happened to Walter Matthau?

Walter Matthau, whose performances as cantankerous but endearing characters made him a distinctive leading man in movies, theater and television, died yesterday in Santa Monica, Calif.

He was 79. The cause was a heart attack, said Lindi Funston, a spokeswoman for St. John’s Health Center, where he died.

What kind of person was Jack Lemmon?

Jack Lemmon, who has died of cancer aged 76, was the most successful tragi-comedian of his age, and twice an Oscar winner.

He had one overriding ambition – to act – and confessed to being a workaholic who