Peter O'Toole was an `` absolute genius , '' Irish film critic O'Toole says . Actor Peter O'Toole died peacefully Saturday in a hospital , his agent Steve Kenis said Sunday . `` There will be a memorial filled with song and good cheer , '' his daughter says . O'Toole had `` been ill for some time , '' she says . His sixth major success came as T.E . Lawrence in `` O'Toole of Arabia '' in the 1970s .
Peter O'Toole was an `` absolute genius , '' Irish film critic O'Toole says . `` There will be a memorial filled with song and good cheer , '' his daughter says . O'Toole had `` been ill for some time , '' she says . His sixth major success came as T.E . Lawrence in `` O'Toole of Arabia '' in the 1970s .