Washington (AFP)
Richard Donner, the prolific director of the first film "Superman", "The Goonies" and other masterpieces, died Monday at the age of 91, reported the US press.
Among Donner's great titles are "The Curse" (1976), "Lethal Weapon" with Mel Gibson and Danny Glover which started in 1987, "Fantômes en fête" (Scrooged, 1988) and his last film in 2006, "16 Blocks ".
He has also produced episodes of major television shows such as "Max the Menace" (Get Smart), "Perry Mason", "Shipwrecked Island" (Gilligan's Island) and "The Fourth Dimension" (The Twilight Zone).
He was also producer of "X-Men" and "Save Willy" (Free Willy).
The Hollywood Reporter quotes Richard Donner's assistant to confirm his death, while Deadline says his wife Lauren Schuler Donner did not specify the cause of death.
"Richard Donner had the biggest, resonant voice anyone can imagine," "Goonies" star Sean Astin commented on Twitter.
“He was attracting attention and laughing like no one had laughed before. Dick was so funny. What I saw in him, as a 12 year old, what he cared about, and I really enjoyed it, ”Astin tweeted.
Steven Spielberg, who wrote the story The Goonies is based on, said in a statement that Donner had "a powerful mastery of his movies."
Born in the Bronx and raised in New York City before joining New York University, Donner also served in the United States military, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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