Murray Salem (January 12, 1950 in
Cleveland, Ohio
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– January 6, 1998) from
Brooklyn, Ohio
Brooklyn is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. The population was 11,359 at the 2020 census. A suburb of Cleveland, it is a part of the Cleveland metropolitan area.
History
Brooklyn was home to the first seat belt law in 1966 an ...
was an American
television
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actor
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and
screenwriter
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.
He appeared in a number of television shows as an actor, including
the miniseries ''Jesus of Nazareth'' as
Simon the Zealot
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. He wrote the script for the 1990
Arnold Schwarzenegger
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film ''
Kindergarten Cop
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''.
Murray Salem died in
Los Angeles, California
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on January 6, 1998 from
AIDS
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complications, six days before his 48th birthday.
Filmography
References
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1950 births
1998 deaths
American male television actors
American male screenwriters
AIDS-related deaths in California
Male actors from Cleveland
People from Brooklyn, Ohio
Screenwriters from Ohio
20th-century American male actors
20th-century American male writers
20th-century American screenwriters
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