[Brian Mosely]

URGENT
Director Robert Altman dead at 81
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Robert Altman, the caustic and irreverent satirist behind “M-A-S-H,” “Nashville” and “The Player” who made a career out of bucking Hollywood management and story conventions, died at a Los Angeles Hospital, his Sandcastle 5 Productions Company said Tuesday. He was 81.
The director died Monday night, Joshua Astrachan, a producer at Altman’s Sandcastle 5 Productions in New York City, told The Associated Press.
The cause of death wasn’t disclosed. A news release was expected later in the day, Astrachan said.

[MadIvan]

Prayers for his family. He was a left wing loony, but at least he produced some good entertainment, which has stood the test of time.

Regards, Ivan