Fans of the first
Superman
film
or the feature film
The Goonies
are in mourning.
Prolific director Richard Donner died on Monday at the age of 91, the US press reported.
The
Hollywood Reporter
quotes the movie man's assistant to confirm his death, while Deadline explains that his wife Lauren Schuler Donner did not specify the cause of death.
Donner's other big titles include
The Curse
(1976),
Lethal Weapon
with Mel Gibson and Danny Glover which started in 1987,
Fantômes en fête
(1988) and his last film in 2006,
16 Blocks
. He has also directed episodes of major television shows such as
Max la Menace
,
Perry Mason
,
Isle of Shipwrecks
and
The Fourth Dimension
. Richard Donner was also producer of
X-Men
and
Save Willy
.
"Richard Donner had the biggest, resonant voice anyone can imagine,"
Goonies
star
Sean Astin
commented on Twitter
.
“He attracted attention and laughed like no one had laughed before.
Dick was so funny.
What I saw in him, as a 12 year old child, was close to his heart, and I really enjoyed it, ”Astin commented.
Tribute from Spielberg
Steven Spielberg, who wrote the story
The Goonies
is based on, wrote in a statement that Donner had a "powerful mastery of his films."
Born in the Bronx and raised in New York City before joining New York University, Donner also served in the U.S. military, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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