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Director Robert Altman dies

Tue Nov 21, 2006 11:51am ET

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Film director Robert Altman has died in a Los Angeles hospital, a spokesman for his production company said on Tuesday.

The spokesman told Reuters that Altman, 81, died on Monday evening. He gave no cause of death.

Altman, whose films include "The Player," "M*A*S*H," and "Nashville," revealed earlier this year that he had been the recipient of a heart transplant approximately 10 years ago. He received an honorary Oscar at the 2006 Academy Awards.

such a great loss.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKk1mJZ8GKY

at one point, the player and short cuts used to be two of the movies i would tell people were a couple of my favorites to demonstrate how cool i am. now i just tell the truth: cookie's fortune is my favorite.

it's too bad.

that whole Lily Tomlin hitting the little kid who ends up dying on the day the baker Lyle Lovette has a meltdown was pretty powerful. can totally picture the semi retarded Andi McDowell going..."Casey? Casey? Wake up honey..."


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Terrible news. Altman was such a great director. Truely a sad day for cinema.

...but let us not forget he also was responsible for the "Popeye" movie.

And at the funeral, there will be multiple dialogues of an improvisational nature...