Red Buttons dead at 87

Comedian Red Buttons, the burlesque comedian who became a top star in early television and then won a 1957 Oscar with a surprising dramatic turn in "Sayonara," died Thursday. He was 87.

Buttons died of vascular disease at his home in the Century City area of Los Angeles. He had been ill for some time, and was with family members when he died.

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