TheRealComptroller
19 Mar 2008, 05:05
LONDON (Reuters) - British film director Anthony Minghella, who won an Oscar for "The English Patient", died in a London hospital on Tuesday after a short illness, his agent said. He was 54.
Minghella died from complications following surgery last week for cancer of the tonsils and neck, agent Leslee Dart said.
"The surgery had gone well and they were very optimistic," she said. "But he developed a hemorrhage last night and they were not able to stop it."
He was married to Carolyn Choa and had two grown-up children, Max and Hannah.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who was a close friend of the director, said he was "deeply saddened".
http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSL1882909720080318
Minghella died from complications following surgery last week for cancer of the tonsils and neck, agent Leslee Dart said.
"The surgery had gone well and they were very optimistic," she said. "But he developed a hemorrhage last night and they were not able to stop it."
He was married to Carolyn Choa and had two grown-up children, Max and Hannah.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who was a close friend of the director, said he was "deeply saddened".
http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSL1882909720080318