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Mike Nichols, the entertainment icon and husband of ABC News
Anchor Diane Sawyer, died suddenly Wednesday at the age of 83.
Nichols' death was announced in a statement by ABC News
President James Goldston.
"He was a true visionary, winning the highest honors in
the arts for his work as a director, writer, producer and comic and was one of
a tiny few to win the EGOT-an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony in his
lifetime," Goldston said in the statement.
"No one was more passionate about his craft than
Mike."
Nichols was born in Germany in 1931, and came to the United
States when he was 7 years old, when his family escaped Nazi Germany. He
arrived in America speaking little English, but his enthusiasm for his new
country never waned.
He graduated from the Walden School in New York City, and
began pursuing theater while attending the University of Chicago in the early
1950s. While studying medicine, he found his true calling – comedy. He joined a
comedy troupe in Chicago and teamed up with performer Elaine May. The duo
gained national popularity together, cementing their partnership as America's
innovative comedy duo.
But Nichols forged his legacy as a director, helming hits on
Broadway and the silver screen – from "Barefoot in the Park" and
"The Odd Couple" to "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and
"The Graduate." He earned the Oscar for best director for "The
Graduate."
His unparalleled career, which stretched a half-century,
included such successes as "Carnal Knowledge," "Working
Girl," "The Birdcage" and "Closer." He earned his
eighth Tony two years ago for his revival of "Death of a Salesman."
He had recently been working on a project for HBO to adapt
"Master Class," Terrence McNally's Tony Award-winning play about
opera legend Maria Callas. The project would have reunited him with frequent
collaborator Meryl Streep.
Nichols is survived by his wife, children Daisy, Max and
Jenny, and four grandchildren.
Filmography and theatre credits
Main article: Mike Nichols on screen and stage
Directed features
Year Title Distribution
1966 Who's Afraid of
Virginia Woolf? Warner Bros.
1967 The Graduate Embassy Pictures
1970 Catch-22 Paramount Pictures
1971 Carnal Knowledge Embassy Pictures
1973 The Day of the
Dolphin
1975 The Fortune Columbia Pictures
1980 Gilda Live Warner Bros.
1983 Silkwood 20th Century Fox
1986 Heartburn Paramount Pictures
1988 Biloxi Blues Universal Pictures
Working Girl 20th
Century Fox
1990 Postcards
from the Edge Columbia Pictures
1991 Regarding
Henry Paramount Pictures
1994 Wolf Columbia Pictures
1996 The Birdcage Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
1998 Primary Colors Universal Pictures
2000 What Planet Are
You From? Sony Pictures Releasing
2004 Closer
2007 Charlie
Wilson's War Universal Pictures
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