Entertainment

Richard Gere

October 13, 2004 / 9:05 AM EDT / CBS News

Here is Richard Gere as he appeared during a news conference at the 32nd Cannes International Film Festival May 15, 1979. At the time, he was promoting "Days of Heaven."

Gere and actor Michael York shared a moment backstage at New York City's New Apollo Theater June 3, 1980, after York took over Gere's part as Max in the play "Bent."

Actress Barbara Hershey posed with Gere May 19, 1987, at the 40th Cannes Film Festival, after she won an award for her performance in the movie "Shy People."

Gere, center, was surrounded by Tibetan monks Jan. 24, 1989, at New York's Museum of Natural History, where they demonstrated the ancient art of butter sculpture for a traditional offering to Buddha.

At a screening of their movie, "Sommersby," in Los Angeles Feb. 2, 1993, actress Jodie Foster was flanked by her leading man, left, and by their director, Jon Amiel.

Supermodel Cindy Crawford, right, and her then-husband, Richard Gere, paused May 2, 1994, as they entered Lincoln Center in New York for the 1994 Humanitarian Award from T.J. Martell Foundation for Leukemia, Cancer, and AIDS Research.

Gere jokingly hid behind actress Diane Lane during a press conference in Munich, Germany, June 7, 2002. Gere and Lane were promoting their movie "Unfaithful."

Gere applauded during a performance of traditional dances by students of the Tibetan Children's Village school at Dharamsala, India, Oct. 3, 2002. Gere is a longtime supporter of the Tibet cause.

Gere wore flower garlands put on him in his welcome, and a vermillion smear put on his forehead placed as an auspicious mark, as he helped dedicate the Naz AIDS Care Home in New Delhi, India, Dec. 18, 2002.

The Dalai Lama, center, is joined by Gere, left, and composer Philip Glass at a news coference at New York's Guggenheim Museum, Sept. 16, 2003. The exiled Tibetan leader was teaching for four days in New York, including a free lecture in Central Park.

Gere and Lauren Hutton, who were both dressed in Armani clothes when they starred in the film "American Gigolo," pose together at a news conference before a restrospective opened at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, Oct. 14, 2003, recognizing the career of Giorgio Armani.

In the red light district of Bombay, India, Dec. 2, 2003, Gere talked with social worker Diane Cross. Gere was meeting with sex workers and their clients to find out how well-informed they were about AIDS.

Gere and actress Catherine Zeta Jones pose for photographers at the premiere of their film, "Chicago."

Renee Zellweger, center, is embraced by co-star Gere, right, and presenter Arnold Schwarzenegger after winning for her performance in "Chicago," at the 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards, in Beverly Hills, Jan. 19, 2003.

Gere, center, accepts for the ensemble the award for outstanding performance by the cast of a theatrical motion picture for the film "Chicago" at the 9th annual Screen Actors Guild awards in Los Angeles, March 9, 2003.

Here's Gere as he appeared on Oscar night, March 24, 2003, nominated as lead actor for his role in "Chicago."

Gere rehearsed some ballroom dance moves with a local dancer at a dance studio in Winnipeg, Canada, June 19, 2003. At the time, he was preparing to film "Shall We Dance?" with Jennifer Lopez and Susan Sarandon.

Actress Carey Lowell posed with her husband at the American Museum of the Moving Image Salute to Richard Gere April 20, 2004, at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York.

Gere attended a screening of Michael Moore's film "Fahrenheit 9/11" June 14, 2004, in New York.

Gere attended the New York premiere for "Shall We Dance?" at the Paris Theater, Oct. 5, 2004, in New York.