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FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016 file photo, Max von Sydow and his wife Catherine Brelet, left, arrive at night one of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles..Max von Sydow, the self-described “shy boy”-turned-actor who played the priest in the horror classic “The Exorcist,” has died, it was reported on Monday, March 9, 2020. He was 90. He was known to art house audiences through his work with Swedish director Ingmar Bergman. But it was his role as the devil-evicting priest in William Friedkin's controversial 1973 film "The Exorcist" that brought him to international attention. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

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'Exorcist' actor Max von Sydow dies at age 90
March 9, 2020 5:16 p.m.

'Exorcist' actor Max von Sydow dies at age 90

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Max von Sydow, the self-described “shy boy”-turned-actor known to art house audiences through his work with Swedish director Ingmar Bergman and later to moviegoers everywhere when he played the priest in the horror classic “The Exorcist,” has died. He was 90.