All Obituaries articles – Page 9
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NewsGenre filmmaker Johnny Kevorkian dies aged 48
Films by the writer-director included ‘The Disappeared’, starring Tom Felton.
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NewsSean Connery, the original James Bond, dies aged 90
Connery was first person to play iconic spy in film series.
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NewsUK-French actor and ‘Moonraker’ star Michael Lonsdale dies aged 89
Paris-born actor was best-known internationally for Moonraker and Of Gods And Men.
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NewsUK actress Diana Rigg dies aged 82
Award-winning actress was best known for roles in ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’ , ‘The Avengers’ and ‘Game Of Thrones’.
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News‘Black Panther’ star Chadwick Boseman dies at 43
Star had not gone public with 2016 cancer diagnosis.
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NewsDarryl Macdonald, US festival pioneer and champion of international cinema, dies
Friends and associates pay tribute to ”towering cinematic figure”.
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NewsUK film executive Colin Leventhal dies aged 73
Leventhal was a leading figure at the UK’s Channel 4 and a former partner at HAL Films.
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NewsHong Kong director-producer Benny Chan dies aged 58
Chan, widely regarded as one of Hong Kong’s leading action directors, became ill while shooting Raging Fire last year.
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NewsSumner Redstone, US media titan, dies aged 97
Redstone began working in entertainment industry in 1954.
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NewsHFPA president Lorenzo Soria dies, aged 68
Soria covered Hollywood for Italian publications and served three terms as HFPA president.
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News“A maverick from the outset”: Industry colleagues pay tribute to Alan Parker
UK filmmaker Alan Parker died aged 76 on Friday.
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NewsOlivia de Havilland, Oscar winner and star of ‘Gone With The Wind’, dies aged 104
Talent, awards, tempestuous relationship with sister Joan Fontaine, and legal wrangles with Warner Bros.
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NewsCasting director Moonyeenn Lee dies from coronavirus
South African industry veteran cast films including ‘Tsotsi’, ‘Blood Diamond’ and ‘Hotel Rwanda’.
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NewsKelly Preston, ‘Jerry Maguire’ and ‘Twins’ actress, dies aged 57
The US star was married to John Travolta for almost 29 years.
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NewsOscar-winning Italian composer Ennio Morricone dies aged 91
Morricone’s many credits include Sergio Leone’s spaghetti westerns, Cinema Paradiso and The Hateful Eight.
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NewsUS comedy legend Carl Reiner dies, aged 98
Reiner was a prolific actor, writer and director for over 60 years.
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NewsJoel Schumacher, director of ‘St. Elmo’s Fire’, Batman films, dies at 80
Early career in costume design segued into directing.
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NewsPalestinian cinema world pays tribute to sound engineer Raja Dubayah
Dubayah worked on many of the major Palestinian films of the last 15 years.
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NewsIan Holm, ‘Alien’ and ‘Lord Of The Rings’ actor, dies aged 88
”Charming, kind and ferociously talented, we will miss him hugely.”
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NewsBelgian filmmaker Marion Hansel dies aged 71
Palme d’Or nominee and actress was at IFFR for a retrospective of her work in January.