All Obituaries articles
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NewsQuincy Jones, music icon and seven-time Oscar nominee, dies aged 91
Jones produced Steven Spielberg’s ‘The Color Purple’ as well as legendary music albums ‘Thriller’, ‘Off The Wall’.
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News‘Peaky Blinders’ costume designer Stephanie Collie dies aged 60
Collie worked with Daniel Craig on pre-James Bond hit ‘Layer Cake’.
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NewsDick Pope, cinematographer for Mike Leigh films including ‘Hard Truths’, dies aged 77
Pope was Oscar-nominated for filming Leigh’s ‘Mr. Turner’ and Neil Burger’s ‘The Illusionist’.
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NewsAlvin Rakoff, Canadian director who gave starts to Sean Connery, Alan Rickman, dies aged 97
Rakoff directed 11 feature films including ‘Say Hello To Yesterday’ with Jean Simmons.
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NewsChristine Tröstrum, former project manager of Berlinale Talents, dies aged 52
Tröstrum extended the concept by helping to create the international Berlinale Film Residences
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News‘A Star Is Born’ lead and country singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson dies aged 88
Country singer and actor Kris Kristofferson won a Golden Globe for his role in 1976 version of A Star Is Born.
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NewsMaggie Smith dies aged 89
Oscar winner’s credits included ’The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie’ through to ’Harry Potter’ and ’Downton Abbey’
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NewsJames Earl Jones, Oscar-nominated actor and voice of Darth Vader, dies aged 93
Star of stage and screen died on Monday.
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NewsLaurent Tirard, French director of ‘Little Nicholas’ and ‘Moliere’, dies aged 57
Tirard’s credits also include Asterix & Obelisk: God Save Britannia.
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NewsAlain Delon, French icon of ‘Le Samourai’, dies aged 88
Delon died ”peacefully in his home in Douchy, surrounded by his three children and his family,” according to a family statement.
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NewsGena Rowlands, star of ‘The Notebook’ and ’A Woman Under The Influence’, dies at 94
Hollywood star made 10 films with husband John Cassavetes.
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NewsFrench industry titan and pioneering producer Margaret Menegoz dies at 83
Hungarian-born German-French producer died in Montpellier on August 7.
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NewsReuben Barnes, Dolby and Soho Screening Rooms projectionist, dies aged 56
Barnes ran the Ray Dolby Theatre at Dolby London.
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NewsCanadian industry pays tribute to distribution veteran Tony Cianciotta
Celebration of life will be held at later date.
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NewsShelley Duvall, star of ‘The Shining’, dies aged 75
Duvall starred in seven films by Robert Altman.
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News‘Titanic’ and ‘Avatar’ producer Jon Landau dies aged 63
The Oscar-winning producer had been diagnosed with cancer.
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NewsOscar-winning ‘Chinatown’ screenwriter Robert Towne dies at 89
Towne was an in-demand script doctor who became a key figure in the seventies Hollywood.
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NewsBill Cobbs, prolific film and TV character actor, dies aged 90
Veteran American actor appeared in films including The Bodyguard and Night At The Museum.
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NewsDonald Sutherland, star of ‘Don’t Look Now’, ‘Klute’, ‘The Hunger Games’, dies aged 88
Canadian actor died in Miami after long, unspecified illness.
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NewsAnouk Aimee, French star of ‘A Man And A Woman’, dies aged 92
Anouk won a Bafta and Golden Globe for her role in ‘A Man And A Woman’.