What is Robert Osborne?
[[File:Robert Osborne 2010.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Robert Osborne in April 2010]] '''Robert Jolin Osborne Jr.''' (May 3, 1932 &ndash; March 6, 2017) was an [[United States|American]] movie, stage, voice, television actor and movie historian who was known for hosting the [[Turner Classic Movies]] channel from the 1990s until his retirement in early 2016. Osborne was born on May 3, 1932 in [[Colfax, Washington]].<ref>[http://www.robertosborne.com/content/bio.html Biography] at Osborne's official website</ref> He was raised in [[Whitman County, Washington]]. He studied at the [[University of Washington]]. Osborne was [[gay]]. His life partner was David Staller from 1996 until his death in 2017.<ref name = LATimes>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-me-robert-osborne-dies-20170306-story.html|title = Robert Osborne dies at 84; genial student of films hosted Turner Classic Movies|website = [[Los Angeles Times]]|date = March 6, 2017|accessdate = March 6, 2017|last=McLellan|first = Dennis}}</ref> Osborne died in [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] on March 6, 2017 from complications of [[kidney failure]], aged 84.<ref>{{cite news|last=Sblendorio|first=Peter|title=Robert Osborne, host of Turner Classic Movies, dies at 84|work=New York Daily News|date=March 6, 2017|accessdate=March 6, 2017|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/robert-osborne-host-turner-classic-movies-dies-84-article-1.2989917}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commons category}} *[http://www.robertosborne.com Official website] *[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/features/columns/robert_osborne/index.jsp Robert Osborne's column] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090802095132/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/features/columns/robert_osborne/index.jsp |date=2009-08-02 }} in ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' *{{IMDb name|0651737|Robert Osborne}} *{{tcmdb name|145504}} {{US-actor-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Osborne, Robert}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [