Peter O'Toole was an `` absolute genius , '' British film critic Richard Fitzwilliams says . The actor died in a car crash on the way to his home in Los Angeles after being involved in another accident while filming "Lawrence of Arabia" in 1962. O'Toole had `` been ill for some time , '' she says . His first major success came as T.E . Lawrence in `` Lawrence of Arabia '' in 1962 .
Peter O'Toole was an `` absolute genius , '' British film critic Richard Fitzwilliams 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 first major success came as T.E . Lawrence in `` Lawrence of Arabia '' in 1962 .