Harold and Maude star Bud Cort went through several serious health challenges before his death at age 77 in February 2026. The Golden Globe nominee was born into a show business family as the son of Alma, a publicist for Hollywood studio MGM, and Joseph, an orchestra leader. Cort studied at the prestigious New York University Tisch School of the Arts, though friends said he spent more time hanging around Barbra Streisand's Funny Girl stage door on Broadway than in the classroom as a teenager.