This is a summary of the life and career of actor Charles Bronson, who rose from a poor coal miner's son to a world-famous star. He married twice, first to Harriet Tendler, with whom he had two children, and then to Jill Ireland, with whom he adopted and raised five children. He starred in many films and TV shows, such as The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, The Dirty Dozen, Death Wish and Family of Cops. He suffered from Alzheimer's disease and lung cancer in his later years and died in 2003 at the age of 81. He was buried with the ashes of Jill Ireland, who died from breast cancer in 1990.
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1. Charles Bronson was born as Charles Dennis Buchinsky on November 3, 1921 in Pennsylvania to Lithuanian immigrants.
2. He worked as a coal miner and served as an aerial gunner in World War II, receiving a purple heart for his wounds.
3. He changed his screen name to Bronson in 1954 to avoid being blacklisted by the House on Un-American Activities.
4. He married Harriet Tendler in 1949 and divorced her in 1965 after having two children, Suzanne and Tony.
5. He married Jill Ireland in 1968 and adopted her three children, Paul, Jason and Valentine. They also had a daughter, Zuleika, and adopted another daughter, Katrina.
6. He starred in many movies and TV shows, such as The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, The Dirty Dozen, Death Wish and Family of Cops.
7. He won the Golden Globe for the Most Popular Actor in the World in 1971.
8. He lost his adopted son Jason to drug overdose in 1989 and his wife Jill to breast cancer in 1990.
9. He married Kim Weeks in 1998 and died from pneumonia, lung cancer and Alzheimer's in 2003 at the age of 81.