Jill vandenberg curtis (1993-2010) †after meeting in a restaurant in 1993, he married jill vandenberg curtis, 45 years his junior, on november 6, 1998, and the duo remained together until his death in …Tony curtis (born bernard schwartz;June 3, 1925 †september 29, 2010) was an american actor with a career that spanned six decades, achieving the height of his popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s.Tony curtis.Sweet smell of success.Tony curtis was born bernard schwartz, the eldest of three children of helen (klein) and emanuel schwartz, jewish immigrants from hungary.Curtis himself …