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Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Anthony Minghella, RIP

posted by on March 18 at 13:39 PM

The director of The Talented Mr. Ripley, which was interesting, and The English Patient, which was not, has died at 54 of complications from surgery for tonsil cancer. Here’s the New York Times.

(Via Poe.)

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1

I wonder if he'll be able to see Sack Lunch in hell.

Posted by Mr. Poe | March 18, 2008 1:48 PM
2

Hmm, I thought The English Patient was interesting, and Mr. Ripley was not. Well, to each their own.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty | March 18, 2008 1:52 PM
3

complications from tonsil surgery?????

Posted by Rotten666 | March 18, 2008 2:18 PM
4

he had cancer of the tonsils...

Posted by michael strangeways | March 18, 2008 2:23 PM
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Other news outlets are saying it was a "brain hemorrhage," whatever the fuck that is (CVA, I presume).

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty | March 18, 2008 2:38 PM
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Even without cancer, tonsil surgery in adults is much more dangerous than it is for children. Adults have a tendency to hemorrhage and the bleeding can be quite shocking to witness. The routine tonsilectomy of yesteryear was an attempt to prophylactically reduce throat infection in children, a practice that was discredited in the early '60s. Of course, had Mr. Minghella had his tonsils removed as a tot he could not have developed cancer in them.

Posted by inkweary | March 18, 2008 2:44 PM
7

So did Arthur C. Clarke, but then, more people probably know about him.

There will be a moment of silence from all robots worldwide at 11:59 pm tonite.

Posted by Will in Seattle | March 18, 2008 2:47 PM
8

Well, 90, sheesh, I should be so lucky.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty | March 18, 2008 3:02 PM
9

Ripley is such a beautiful film.

Posted by eclexia | March 18, 2008 3:45 PM
10

No love for Truly Madly Deeply?

Posted by Nat | March 18, 2008 6:33 PM

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