June 3, 2008
NOT JOSE:
Hollywood actor Mel Ferrer dies (BBC, 6/03/08)
US actor and director Mel Ferrer has died at the age of 90, a spokesman for his family has said.Ferrer died at his ranch in California surrounded by family and friends, the spokesman said.
Ferrer starred in scores of films including War and Peace, The Sun Also Rises, and Lili.
He was married to Audrey Hepburn, with whom he worked on several films. In 1967 Ferrer produced Wait Until Dark, in which Hepburn starred.
Strange. I just Netflixed "Wait Until Dark" last week kind of out of the blue, and Mr. Ferrar was featured in the "making of" documentary included with the DVD.
A similar thing happened when Ella Fitzgerald died a few years ago--I had just checked "American Songbook" out of library for no particular reason a couple of days before I heard she died on the radio.
Posted by: ted welter at June 3, 2008 9:16 PMWait Until Dark is absolutely the scariest film I've ever seen. Puts all the 'horror' flicks to shame. Great performances all around.
Posted by: Steve White at June 3, 2008 9:20 PM