Film Director Michael Winner Dies

	Film Director Michael Winner Dies Michael Winner: Film Director Dies Aged 77 The highly successful film director and uncompromising food critic dies at his London home with his wife Geraldine by his bedside. Film director and restaurant critic Michael Winner has died at the age of 77. Winner, who had been ill for some time, died on Monday at his London home in Kensington, where he was being nursed by his wife Geraldine. Mrs Winner, a former dancer whom he married two years ago, said in a statement: "Michael was a wonderful man, brilliant, funny and generous. "A light has gone out in my life." Actor John Cleese also paid tribute, describing Winner as "the dearest, kindest, funniest and most generous of friends". "I shall miss him terribly," he said in a statement. In a film career spanning more than 50 years, Winner made more than 30 films, including the blockbuster Death Wish series, and he worked with some of the biggest stars in Hollywood, including Marlon Brando, Robert Mitchum and Faye Dunaway. He later reinvented himself as a restaurant critic, writing about food in his typically flamboyant style in his Winner's Dinners column for The Sunday Times. Sky's Lucy Cotter said: "His first film was Shoot To Kill in 1960. The turning point in his career came in 1972, when he directed Marlon Brando in The Nightcomers. Michael Winner Winner in 1965 "But it was really Death Wish, which starred Charles Bronson, which was seen as his most famous work, and at the time was incredibly shocking. "People around the <b>...</b>	From: you7uber Views: 0 0 ratings
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