RIP Mike Nichols

[Steak Snabler]

Dead at 83, per AP:

https://twitter.com/ap/status/535406864293691392

One of the all-time greats, if for The Graduate alone.

Also has a journalism connection as husband of Diane Sawyer and father-in-law of Rachel Nichols.

 

[RecoveringJournalist]

Dead at 83, per AP:

https://twitter.com/ap/status/535406864293691392

One of the all-time greats, if for The Graduate alone.

Also has a journalism connection as husband of Diane Sawyer and father-in-law of Rachel Nichols.

I'm embarrassed to say I had no idea of the connection to Rachel, who I knew a little bit when she was Rachel Alexander and at the WP.

RIP

 

[cranberry]

Genius and from what I understand a relentlessly positive, upbeat guy.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Had the EGOT, winning Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony. His comedy sketch work with Elaine May still stands up well over 50 years later.

 

[casty33]

Okay, The Graduate will be what he's most remembered for, but don't forget The Bird Cage, one of the funniet movies I still watch often.

 

[Steak Snabler]

Had the EGOT, winning Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.

There are 12 total, but only 6 are still living:

Mel Brooks
Rita Moreno
Whoopi Goldberg (won the Tony as a producer)
Scott Rudin (producer)
Jonathan Tunick (conductor/composer)
Robert Lopez (co-created The Book of Mormon, also wrote that "Let It Go" song from Frozen)

(The deceased ones are Nichols, Richard Rodgers, Helen Hayes, Marvin Hamlisch, John Gielgud & Audrey Hepburn).

 

[da man]

Had the EGOT, winning Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.

There are 12 total, but only 6 are still living:

Mel Brooks
Rita Moreno
Whoopi Goldberg (won the Tony as a producer)
Scott Rudin (producer)
Jonathan Tunick (conductor/composer)
Robert Lopez (co-created The Book of Mormon, also wrote that "Let It Go" song from Frozen)

(The deceased ones are Nichols, Richard Rodgers, Helen Hayes, Marvin Hamlisch, John Gielgud & Audrey Hepburn).

Wait... John Gielgud has a Grammy?

 

[heyabbott]

Had the EGOT, winning Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.

There are 12 total, but only 6 are still living:

Mel Brooks
Rita Moreno
Whoopi Goldberg (won the Tony as a producer)
Scott Rudin (producer)
Jonathan Tunick (conductor/composer)
Robert Lopez (co-created The Book of Mormon, also wrote that "Let It Go" song from Frozen)

(The deceased ones are Nichols, Richard Rodgers, Helen Hayes, Marvin Hamlisch, John Gielgud & Audrey Hepburn).

Wait... John Gielgud has a Grammy?

Won it with William Shatner for "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"

 

[Steak Snabler]

Had the EGOT, winning Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.

There are 12 total, but only 6 are still living:

Mel Brooks
Rita Moreno
Whoopi Goldberg (won the Tony as a producer)
Scott Rudin (producer)
Jonathan Tunick (conductor/composer)
Robert Lopez (co-created The Book of Mormon, also wrote that "Let It Go" song from Frozen)

(The deceased ones are Nichols, Richard Rodgers, Helen Hayes, Marvin Hamlisch, John Gielgud & Audrey Hepburn).

Wait... John Gielgud has a Grammy?

Won it with William Shatner for "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"

Won it for a Shakespeare spoken-word album in 1979, according to this:

http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=Gielgud&field_nominee_work_value=&year=All&genre=All

 

[KYSportsWriter]

Okay, The Graduate will be what he's most remembered for, but don't forget The Bird Cage, one of the funniet movies I still watch often.

I forgot he directed The Birdcage.

RIP.