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FILE--Walter Matthau, right, and Jack Lemmon stroll down New York's Broadway during the filming of "The Odd Couple" in this July 6, 1967 file photo. Matthau died Saturday morning, July 1, 2000 of a heart attack at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, said a hospital spokesman. He was 79. "The Odd Couple'' provided the role that established Matthau's stardom. In 1965 he appeared in New York as the slobby sportswriter Oscar Madison in Neil Simon's play and repeated the role in the 1968 film, with Lemmon as Felix. (AP Photo/File)