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He died Wednesday, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer, citing his family

The world lost Aretha Franklin, Barbara and George H.W. Bush, among other this year

Now that movies have become so small—their images can literally fit in the palm of your hand, whether they belong there or not—it’s hard to imagine there could ever be another filmmaker as big and...

“America’s better for his presence”

He wrote in early June that he had terminal cancer

Calls to the lifeline can spike following celebrity suicides because of a “collective sense of loss"