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Another cancer victim. Who can forget the character he played in Oliver. It was made for him. RIP Jack.

Jack Wild, the actor who played the Artful Dodger in the 1968 film Oliver!, has died.The 53-year-old lost his battle with cancer last night. The former child star was just 16 when he was nominated for an Oscar after his performance in the classic film.

Wild's agent Alex Jay said: "My client Jack Wild died peacefully at midnight last night after a long battle with oral cancer."

The actor had been diagnosed with the disease in 2000.

He was left unable to speak after surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

Wild starred in the musical adaptation of Charles Dickens's novel with Oliver Reed as Bill Sikes, Ron Moody as Fagin and Mark Lester as Oliver.

The 1968 movie was directed by Carol Reed.

<blockquote data-quote="Diminuendo" data-source="post: 2073864" data-attributes="member: 65006">Another cancer victim.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :("&nbsp; data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /> Who can forget the character he played in Oliver. It was made for him. RIP Jack.&nbsp;&nbsp;Jack Wild, the actor who played the Artful Dodger in the 1968 film Oliver!, has died.The 53-year-old lost his battle with cancer last night. The former child star was just 16 when he was nominated for an Oscar after his performance in the classic film.Wild&#039;s agent Alex Jay said: &quot;My client Jack Wild died peacefully at midnight last night after a long battle with oral cancer.&quot;The actor had been diagnosed with the disease in 2000.He was left unable to speak after surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy.Wild starred in the musical adaptation of Charles Dickens&#039;s novel with Oliver Reed as Bill Sikes, Ron Moody as Fagin and Mark Lester as Oliver.The 1968 movie was directed by Carol Reed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Diminuendo, post: 2073864, member: 65006"] Another cancer victim. :( Who can forget the character he played in Oliver. It was made for him. RIP Jack. Jack Wild, the actor who played the Artful Dodger in the 1968 film Oliver!, has died.The 53-year-old lost his battle with cancer last night. The former child star was just 16 when he was nominated for an Oscar after his performance in the classic film. Wild's agent Alex Jay said: "My client Jack Wild died peacefully at midnight last night after a long battle with oral cancer." The actor had been diagnosed with the disease in 2000. He was left unable to speak after surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Wild starred in the musical adaptation of Charles Dickens's novel with Oliver Reed as Bill Sikes, Ron Moody as Fagin and Mark Lester as Oliver. The 1968 movie was directed by Carol Reed. [/QUOTE]

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