The Oscar winning producer of such great films as The Last Emperor and Platoon passed away on Friday, October 31, 2008. John Daly died of cancer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles at the age of 71. Daly won 13 Academy Awards (as well as several other Golden Globes and other awards) during his lifetime making him one of the great movie producers of the 20th century.
From the Associated Press:
“Who are the best historians? Who are the storytellers? Who lived through the Great Depression of the ’30s, World War II that changed the whole psyche and map of the world, a Cold War, Joe McCarthy, Vietnam, the ’60s, that’s so often put down today and I think was an exhilarating and hopeful period, and, of course, the computer and technology. Who are the best ones to tell the story? Those who’ve borne witness to it. And they’re our storytellers.” Thus were the sentiments of the exceptional author Studs Terkel who passed away in Chicago today. He was 96 years old.
“I’ll have what she’s having.”
We all have mentors or teachers that inspire us and make us better than we ever thought possible. For many of Hollywood’s finest actors and actresses, they lost that inspirational individual. On Friday, October 24, 2008, Milton Katselas died from heart failure at the Los Angeles Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He was 75 years old. Gene Hackman, George Clooney, Michelle Pfeiffer, Alec Baldwin and Patrick Swayze all studied under Katselas.
