Last updated: Tuesday, November 13, 2007
MANN DIES AGED 87
Veteran director DELBERT MANN has died. He was 87.
The moviemaker, who won an Academy Award in 1955 for romantic drama Marty, died of pneumonia at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Sunday (11Nov07).
Mann served as a bomber pilot during World War Two, before turning to directing film and TV. He first directed Marty for television, later adapting it for the big screen.
Marty won four Oscars - best director, best picture, best actor for lead star Ernest Borgnine, and best screenplay.
He is survived by sons Fred, David and Steven. His wife Ann died in 2001, while his daughter Susan was killed in a car accident in 1976.
Source: WENN
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