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Obituaries

Bryan Forbes, 1926-2013

Andrew Roberts remembers the British actor, director, screenwriter, author, script-doctor, interviewer and studio production chief.

Thursday, May 9, 2013
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Tonino Guerra, 1920-2012

Post-war Italian cinema’s go-to screenwriter, from De Sica to Antonioni to the Tavianis.

Hans Werner Henze, 1926-2012

Versatile opera and ballet composer whose work on film scores was infrequent but infuential.

Fyodor Khitruk, 1917-2012

Towering and tireless master of Russian animation – for adults and children.

Robert B. Sherman, 1925-2012

Sober half of Disney’s musical hitsters.

Paul Willemen, 1944-2012

Passionate film theorist and champion of oppositional forms of cinema.

Celeste Holm, 1917-2012

Veteran post-war American actress of stage and screen, who won her Oscar early.

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