Category: Tributes
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Damien Bona: A Remembrance
I’ve known Damien through his books for more than twenty-five years and personally for about half that time although I met him in person just once, almost ten years ago. Damien was passionate about many things, from the San Francisco Giants to the Broadway Theatre; from liberal politics to good food. Most of all he…
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Frequent Oscar Telecast Producer Gil Cates Has Died at 77
Through much of my formative Oscar viewing years, Gil Cates produced the Academy Awards telecast (14 of the 22 years I’ve watched the Oscars), so his passing is something of an important event for me. I may not have loved many of his choices, but the best telecasts were frequently under his wizened hand. He…
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Steve Jobs, tech giant, has died at 56
His most important contribution to society and culture is in co-founding Apple computers and building it into one of the most popular and well known computer companies in history, but he has also been an important part of film history. He purchased a computer graphics studio from George Lucas’ Lucasfilms, which he spun off and…
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Oscar Winner Cliff Robertson Has Died at 88
Cliff Robertson who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1968 for the film Charly. Although he would never receive another Oscar nomination, his career was productive and he was always a compelling actor to watch. Below is the obituary from Hollywood Reporter. The “Charly” and “Spider-Man” actor died Saturday, one day after his…
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Film Engineer Takuo Miyagishima Has Died at 83
The Academy has lost another luminary. Gordon E. Sawyer Award and John A. Bonner Medal winner Takuo Miyagishima has died. Below is the obituary from Hollywood Reporter. Takuo ‘Tak’ Miyagishima Dies at 83 One of the most esteemed design engineers in the motion picture industry, he made first mechanical drawing for Panavision in 1954. by…
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Oscar-nominated Director Michael Cacoyannis Has Died at 89
Three-time Academy Award nominee Michael Cacoyannis (Zorba the Greek) has died at age 89. Two of his foreign language pics were nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards: Iphigenia and Elektra. Below is an obituary from The Guardian. The Guardian – Ronald Bergen Although the first Greek films appeared in 1912, long…
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Emmy Winner Peter Falk Passes Away at Age 83
Peter Falk, who marshaled actorly tics, prop room appurtenances and his own physical idiosyncrasies to personify Columbo, one of the most famous and beloved fictional detectives in television history, died on Thursday night at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif. He was 83.
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Sidney Lumet Has Died at 86
(Hollywood Reporter) 11:32 AM 4/9/2011 by Gregg Kilday – Sidney Lumet, who directed such gritty classics as Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon and Network, died Saturday morning of lymphoma at his home in New York City. He was 86. Lumet, who received five Oscar nominations for his work, was awarded an honorary Oscar in 2005 for…
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Screen Legend Elizabeth Taylor Has Died at 79
Los Angeles (CNN) — Elizabeth Taylor, the legendary actress famed for her beauty, her jet-set lifestyle, her charitable endeavors and her many marriages, has died, her publicist told CNN Wednesday. She was 79. Taylor died “peacefully today in Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles,” said a statement from her publicist. She was hospitalized six weeks ago…
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Legendary Film Composer John Barry Has Died at 77
by Haroon Siddique guardian.co.uk, Monday 31 January 2011 09.37 GMT York-born composer scored 11 Bond films and won five Oscars in an illustrious career. In these clips from award ceremonies in later life, he reflects on his success Link to this video John Barry, who composed the score for 11 James Bond films, has died…
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Susannah York Has Died at 72
Michael Billington The Guardian, Friday 14 January 2011 Susannah York, who has died aged 72, was a vibrant, energetic personality with a devouring passion for work, strong political opinions and great loyalty to old friends. Her international reputation as an actor depended heavily on the hit films she made in the 1960s, including Tom Jones…
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Director Peter Yates Has Died at 82
Ben Child guardian.co.uk, Monday 10 January 2011 11.40 GMT Peter Yates, the four-time Oscar-nominated British director of Bullitt, Breaking Away and The Dresser, has died in London after a long illness. He was 82. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art whose first film as a director was the lightweight Cliff Richard and…
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Oscar Nominee Pete Postlethwaite Dies at 64
Matthew Weaver and agencies guardian.co.uk, Monday 3 January 2011 11.25 GMT The actor Pete Postlethwaite has died at the age of 64. Friends said he passed away peacefully in hospital in Shropshire yesterday having suffered from cancer for some time. Postlethwaite was once described by the film director Steven Spielberg as “probably the best actor…
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Blake Edwards Has Died at 88
Writer-director created ‘Pink Panther’ By Richard Natale VARIETY: Writer-director Blake Edwards passed away this morning at age 88. The filmmaker was regarded as a modern master of contemporary film comedy via such movies as “The Pink Panther” series and “10.” Edwards has been compared favorably to other outstanding comedy auteurs such as Leo McCarey, Preston…
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Irvin Kershner Has Died at 87
(Hollywood Reporter) — Empire Strikes Back director Irvin Kershner died at his home in Paris after suffering from illness, his goddaughter Adriana Santini confirmed to the AFP Monday. He was 87. In an interview with Vanity Fair, he lamented that he should have directed one of the Star Wars prequels. He also directed Sean Connery…
