Thursday, November 20, 2014

Farewell, Mike Nichols- WNYC

I once met a man- friend of friends- much older than me at the time-- who said he had been Mike Nichols' roommate at the University of Chicago..

Nichols, he claimed, had had a childhood disease that left his body virtually hairless...including no eyebrows.

This guy was merrily going on over a Scotch and Soda ( a big drink of the period) and I wondered-- is this for real?

Anyway, Mike Nichols will be remembered for other things.


Mike Nichols, Renowned Film and Theater Director, Dies at 83

Thursday, November 20, 2014

WNYC
Director Mike Nichols receiving an AFI Life Achievement Award in 2010. (Kevin Winter/Getty)
Mike Nichols, the director of matchless versatility who brought fierce wit, caustic social commentary and wicked absurdity to such film, TV and stage hits as "The Graduate," "Angels in America" and "Monty Python's Spamalot," has died. He was 83.
The death was confirmed by ABC News President James Goldston on Thursday. Nichols died Wednesday evening. He is survived by his wife, former ABC News Anchor Diane Sawyer.
The family will hold a private service this week; a memorial will be held at a later date, Goldston said.
In 2012, Nichols directed Arthur Miller's Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Death of a Salesman," starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Andrew Garfield. Nichols, Hoffman and other cast members spoke with WQXR's Elliott Forrest in The Greene Space.

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