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AP - Michelangelo Antonioni

AP - Melvin B. Lane, former publisher of Sunset magazine and a Stanford University trustee, died Saturday of complications from Parkinson’s disease. He was 85.

AP - In Michelangelo Antonioni’s movies, dialogue was sparse, shots lengthy and action minimal. This abstract style and a ruthless exploration of the malaise of modern man made the Italian director a darling of avant-garde cinema and a celebrated filmmaker across the world.

AP - Eric R. Wishnie, an Emmy-winning former television producer who worked with Tom Brokaw at NBC News, died Monday after falling from his apartment building, police said. He was 44.

AP - Michelangelo Antonioni

AP - Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni, whose depiction of alienation made him a symbol of art-house cinema with movies such as “Blow-Up” and “L’Avventura,” has died, officials and news reports said Tuesday. He was 94.

AP - Master filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, one of the greatest artists in cinema history, died Monday at his home on an island off the coast of Sweden. He was 89.

AP - Tom Snyder, who pioneered the late-late network TV talk show with a personal yet abrasive style, robust laugh and trademark cloud of cigarette smoke billowing around his head, has died from complications associated with leukemia. He was 71.

Reuters - Former San Francisco 49ers head
coach Bill Walsh, who led the National Football League
franchise to three Super Bowl victories in the 1980s, died on
Monday.

AP - Ayatollah Ali Meshkini, a founding member of Iran’s Islamic regime and leader of an important government assembly, died Monday. He was 85.