Weslaco grad, veteran actor Pat Hingle dies

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January 9, 2009 - 12:53 PM

The Associated Press

CAROLINA BEACH, N.C. - Veteran actor and former Weslaco High School student Pat Hingle died Saturday at his home in North Carolina.

Hingle, who battled blood cancer, was known early on to many Batman television series fans as "Commissioner Gordon."

Family friend Michele Seidman says Hingle died at his home in Carolina Beach shortly after 10 p.m. Saturday.

Seidman says he decided to settle in the coastal town after shooting the movie ``Maximum Overdrive'' in the area in 1986. He lived there for more than 15 years.

Family spokeswoman Lynn Heritage says Hingle was diagnosed with myelodysplasia in November 2006.

His career in movies and television spanned six decades, and he was also nominated for a Tony Award in 1958. Hingle's last movie was ``Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby,'' which was released in 2006.

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