Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Anthony Minghella dies at 54


Oscar-Winning Director Anthony Minghella, who turned such literary works as "The English Patient," "The Talented Mr. Ripley" and "Cold Mountain" into acclaimed movies, has died. He was 54.

His adaptation of McCall Smith's 'No 1 Ladies Detective Agency' is due to be screened shortly on BBC and 13 more episodes were recently ordered by HBO/BBC. (Photo: Jill Scott, Anika Noni Rose in a scene from the TV film)

More here: Daily Mail.
and Guardian

2 comments:

potdoll said...

that's really sad isn't it. I hate death.

Anonymous said...

Very sad.