Oscar-nominated actor Ryan O’Neal, who came to prominence on TV’s ‘Peyton Place’ and became a top star of the 1970s in films including ‘Love Story’, ‘What’s Up, Doc?’, ‘Paper Moon’ and ‘Barry Lyndon’, died on Friday, his son Patrick said on Instagram. He was 82.
Ryan was diagnosed with chronic leukaemia in 2001 and with prostate cancer in 2012. “Ryan was a very generous man who has always been there to help his loved ones for decade upon decade,” his son wrote, reports Variety.
“My dad was 82, and lived a kick ass life. I hope the first thing he brags about in Heaven is how he sparred 2 rounds with Joe Frazier in 1966, on national TV, with Muhammad Ali doing the commentary, and went toe to toe with Smokin’ Joe”, he added.
In later years, Ryan’s acting work often took a backseat to media coverage on his personal travails, involving his combative...
Ryan was diagnosed with chronic leukaemia in 2001 and with prostate cancer in 2012. “Ryan was a very generous man who has always been there to help his loved ones for decade upon decade,” his son wrote, reports Variety.
“My dad was 82, and lived a kick ass life. I hope the first thing he brags about in Heaven is how he sparred 2 rounds with Joe Frazier in 1966, on national TV, with Muhammad Ali doing the commentary, and went toe to toe with Smokin’ Joe”, he added.
In later years, Ryan’s acting work often took a backseat to media coverage on his personal travails, involving his combative...
- 12/9/2023
- by Agency News Desk
Ryan O’Neal, the actor known for leading roles in films like Love Story and What’s Up, Doc?, died on Friday, December 8th. He was 82.
His son Patrick shared the news in a lengthy Instagram post, writing: “So this is the toughest thing I’ve ever had to say but here we go. My dad passed away peacefully today, with his loving team by his side supporting him and loving him as he would us.”
Charles Patrick Ryan O’Neal was born in Los Angeles on April 20th, 1941, to parents both in the entertainment business. He trained to be an amateur boxer throughout his adolescence, until his mother got him a job as a stuntman and extra on the short-lived TV series Tales of the Vikings.
After a handful of smaller TV roles — including a recurring role on NBC’s Empire — O’Neal earned his big break in 1964, when he...
His son Patrick shared the news in a lengthy Instagram post, writing: “So this is the toughest thing I’ve ever had to say but here we go. My dad passed away peacefully today, with his loving team by his side supporting him and loving him as he would us.”
Charles Patrick Ryan O’Neal was born in Los Angeles on April 20th, 1941, to parents both in the entertainment business. He trained to be an amateur boxer throughout his adolescence, until his mother got him a job as a stuntman and extra on the short-lived TV series Tales of the Vikings.
After a handful of smaller TV roles — including a recurring role on NBC’s Empire — O’Neal earned his big break in 1964, when he...
- 12/8/2023
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Film News
Another former silver screen icon has passed, with THR reporting that Ryan O’Neal, star of Love Story and Barry Lyndon, has died at 82. While his star had dimmed since his heyday, at the height of his fame, Ryan O’Neal was considered one of the biggest stars in the world. His 1970 classic Love Story, co-starring Ali McGraw, made him one of the decade’s biggest heartthrobs, and he followed it up with a couple of stone-cold classics, including a few movies by Peter Bogdanovich. His first movie with the director, What’s Up Doc, paired him for the first time with Barbra Streisand, with the two reuniting years later for The Main Event – both of which were massive hits. Probably his best movie with Bogdanovich, Paper Moon, paired him with his daughter, Tatum O’Neal, who took home an Oscar for her role in this black-and-white depression-set classic.
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- 12/8/2023
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Oscar-nominated actor Ryan O’Neal, who came to prominence on TV’s “Peyton Place” and became a top star of the 1970s in films including “Love Story,” “What’s Up, Doc?,” “Paper Moon” and “Barry Lyndon,” died Friday, his son Patrick said on Instagram. He was 82.
O’Neal was diagnosed with chronic leukemia in 2001 and with prostate cancer in 2012.
“Ryan was a very generous man who has always been there to help his loved ones for decade upon decade,” his son wrote. “My dad was 82, and lived a kick ass life. I hope the first thing he brags about in Heaven is how he sparred 2 rounds with Joe Frazier in 1966, on national TV, with Muhammad Ali doing the commentary, and went toe to toe with Smokin’ Joe.”
In later years, O’Neal’s acting work often took a backseat to media coverage on his personal travails, involving his combative relationship with longtime companion Farrah Fawcett,...
O’Neal was diagnosed with chronic leukemia in 2001 and with prostate cancer in 2012.
“Ryan was a very generous man who has always been there to help his loved ones for decade upon decade,” his son wrote. “My dad was 82, and lived a kick ass life. I hope the first thing he brags about in Heaven is how he sparred 2 rounds with Joe Frazier in 1966, on national TV, with Muhammad Ali doing the commentary, and went toe to toe with Smokin’ Joe.”
In later years, O’Neal’s acting work often took a backseat to media coverage on his personal travails, involving his combative relationship with longtime companion Farrah Fawcett,...
- 12/8/2023
- by Carmel Dagan
- Variety Film + TV
John Korty, an Oscar- and Emmy-winning director and documentarian known for his films “Who Are the DeBolts?” and “Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?” and “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,” has died. He was 85.
Korty’s death was first reported by the Marin Independent Journal, which said that he died in his home in Marin County, California, on March 9.
A filmmaker who straddled the line between independent films and mainstream narrative work, Korty started his career in animation in the early 1950s. While still in school in Antioch, Ohio, he experimented with new techniques for animation that he would use in television spots. In 1964, he even developed an animated documentary short film called “Breaking the Habit” that was sponsored by the American Cancer Society about the dangers of smoking, and the spot went on to receive an Oscar nomination.
Korty made his way to the San Francisco Bay area...
Korty’s death was first reported by the Marin Independent Journal, which said that he died in his home in Marin County, California, on March 9.
A filmmaker who straddled the line between independent films and mainstream narrative work, Korty started his career in animation in the early 1950s. While still in school in Antioch, Ohio, he experimented with new techniques for animation that he would use in television spots. In 1964, he even developed an animated documentary short film called “Breaking the Habit” that was sponsored by the American Cancer Society about the dangers of smoking, and the spot went on to receive an Oscar nomination.
Korty made his way to the San Francisco Bay area...
- 3/17/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
John Korty, who directed the Emmy-winning The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and the Oscar-winning documentary Who Are the DeBolts? and Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?, died March 9 at his home in Marin County, CA. He was 85.
His death was first reported in the Marin Independent Journal.
One of the premiere directors during the made-for-tv movie heyday that began in the early 1970s, Korty helmed the sci-fi chiller The People (1972), the anti-drug drama Go Ask Alice (1973) and, in 1980, the holiday tale A Christmas Without Snow.
His greatest television achievement came in 1974, when he directed Cicely Tyson in the celebrated CBS movie The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. Based on the 1971 novel by Ernest J. Gaines, the film told the story of a Black woman who, in 1962 at the age of 110, narrates her life story that began in slavery in the American South. Although works of fiction, both the novel...
His death was first reported in the Marin Independent Journal.
One of the premiere directors during the made-for-tv movie heyday that began in the early 1970s, Korty helmed the sci-fi chiller The People (1972), the anti-drug drama Go Ask Alice (1973) and, in 1980, the holiday tale A Christmas Without Snow.
His greatest television achievement came in 1974, when he directed Cicely Tyson in the celebrated CBS movie The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. Based on the 1971 novel by Ernest J. Gaines, the film told the story of a Black woman who, in 1962 at the age of 110, narrates her life story that began in slavery in the American South. Although works of fiction, both the novel...
- 3/17/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
7 random things that happened on this day, December 15th, in showbiz history
1939 Gone With the Wind has its world premiere in Atlanta, Georgia. The premiere was very well documented because the movie was so famous even before release. It was three days (!!!) of festivities in Georgia for the world premiere to usher in the surefire blockbuster. NYC followed a few days later and LA just after Christmas before the movie went nationwide in January of 1940. If you adjust for inflation it's still the highest grossing movie of all time.
1978 Ryan O'Neal risks a sequel to his blockbuster Oscar hit Love Story (1970) called Oliver's Story, new in theaters on this day. It's hard to capture lightning in a bottle twice and critics and audiences weren't fond... ...
1939 Gone With the Wind has its world premiere in Atlanta, Georgia. The premiere was very well documented because the movie was so famous even before release. It was three days (!!!) of festivities in Georgia for the world premiere to usher in the surefire blockbuster. NYC followed a few days later and LA just after Christmas before the movie went nationwide in January of 1940. If you adjust for inflation it's still the highest grossing movie of all time.
1978 Ryan O'Neal risks a sequel to his blockbuster Oscar hit Love Story (1970) called Oliver's Story, new in theaters on this day. It's hard to capture lightning in a bottle twice and critics and audiences weren't fond... ...
- 12/15/2020
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Caution! This article contains spoilers for tonight's finale of Arrow, so if you haven't watched, get off the island! Prometheus may be dead, but he's probably not the only one. Season five's big bad pulled out all the stops to really make Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) very, very mad in tonight's finale. Chase (Josh Segarra) had kidnapped every single person he loved or even cared at all for, forcing Oliver to gather up all his favorite villains to help take him down, and everything just had to go down back where Oliver's story began: on Lian Yu. Nearly everything Oliver and his little team of supervillains got up to turned out to be a trap, but they did manage to...
- 5/25/2017
- E! Online
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Arrow's problem is that it's become a show about itself, wallowing and refusing to move forward. Here's our review of the season 4 finale...
This review contains spoilers.
4.23 Schism
The crossovers weren't the problem; the flashbacks weren't the problem; the character deaths weren't the problem. Right now in the ever-shrinking community of fans and writers still invested in Arrow, there's a fair bit of scrambling around looking for answers as to why season four of Arrow has been such a disappointment. For me, those details – as much as they irk me – aren't the whole picture.
Arrow has been having an identity crisis since it started spinning off into brighter, less introspective areas of the multiverse, but that's not necessarily Arrow's fault. While most people have been calling for the show to be lighter and more fun post-Flash and Supergirl, what it's done instead is double-down on...
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Arrow's problem is that it's become a show about itself, wallowing and refusing to move forward. Here's our review of the season 4 finale...
This review contains spoilers.
4.23 Schism
The crossovers weren't the problem; the flashbacks weren't the problem; the character deaths weren't the problem. Right now in the ever-shrinking community of fans and writers still invested in Arrow, there's a fair bit of scrambling around looking for answers as to why season four of Arrow has been such a disappointment. For me, those details – as much as they irk me – aren't the whole picture.
Arrow has been having an identity crisis since it started spinning off into brighter, less introspective areas of the multiverse, but that's not necessarily Arrow's fault. While most people have been calling for the show to be lighter and more fun post-Flash and Supergirl, what it's done instead is double-down on...
- 5/30/2016
- Den of Geek
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Arrow season 4's latest filler episode delivers two sidekick-centric storylines for Felicity and Diggle...
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4.11 A.W.O.L.
Until now, Arrow has always, disappointingly, made the struggles of its supporting characters all about Oliver. When it was confirmed that the outcome of Darhk's attack would leave Felicity wheelchair-bound, it was a significant worry that her paralysis would simply be an excuse for the show to backtrack on Oliver's attitude adjustment. He doesn't handle tragedy well and, despite his relatively lighthearted demeanour this season, old habits die hard.
And to a certain extent this can be expected given the fact that Oliver is the show's solo protagonist. But at a certain point fans attach to the supporting cast and, on Arrow especially, the hero becomes one of the least interesting ingredients in the recipe.
What a relief, then, that the episode decided to focus...
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Arrow season 4's latest filler episode delivers two sidekick-centric storylines for Felicity and Diggle...
This review contains spoilers.
4.11 A.W.O.L.
Until now, Arrow has always, disappointingly, made the struggles of its supporting characters all about Oliver. When it was confirmed that the outcome of Darhk's attack would leave Felicity wheelchair-bound, it was a significant worry that her paralysis would simply be an excuse for the show to backtrack on Oliver's attitude adjustment. He doesn't handle tragedy well and, despite his relatively lighthearted demeanour this season, old habits die hard.
And to a certain extent this can be expected given the fact that Oliver is the show's solo protagonist. But at a certain point fans attach to the supporting cast and, on Arrow especially, the hero becomes one of the least interesting ingredients in the recipe.
What a relief, then, that the episode decided to focus...
- 2/1/2016
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
For the most part, The Flash and Arrow crossover was strong, The craziness and stakes got dialed up to eleven. It was a great showcase for both Oliver and Barry. It showed the depth of the friendship that has grown between the two heroes. "Legends of Today" and "Legends of Yesterday" were just a lot of fun even if both episodes were really just more set up for the new spin-off series Legends of Tomorrow.
There was just one big mistake. (Well, two if you count Carter being the whitest man alive and playing an ancient prince of Egypt -- and you should.) For all the positives of the Flash and Arrow crossover there was a major misstep involving Oliver's story with his newly discovered son, William. The fault lies not just in "Legends of Yesterday" and how William was introduced, but how the inclusion of William's existence will negatively...
There was just one big mistake. (Well, two if you count Carter being the whitest man alive and playing an ancient prince of Egypt -- and you should.) For all the positives of the Flash and Arrow crossover there was a major misstep involving Oliver's story with his newly discovered son, William. The fault lies not just in "Legends of Yesterday" and how William was introduced, but how the inclusion of William's existence will negatively...
- 12/3/2015
- by editor@buddytv.com
- buddytv.com
Arrow's flashbacks continue to be the weakest link in an otherwise solid show, as The Return demonstrates...
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3.14 The Return
There was a point somewhere near to the end of Arrow's first season when I just stopped really trying to cover the show's flashbacks in these reviews. The fact that it could be done without really missing anything major says a heck of a lot about the general importance of those minutes we're subjected to every week, but then every season we're served an episode like The Return, and there's a problem.
The flashbacks in season three have been even less engaging than those of past seasons, taking the action away from Lian Yu and moving it to the comparatively drab Hong Kong, with characters we're only mildly interested in and a crushing sense of inevitability when it comes to Oliver's story.
While the odd...
This review contains spoilers.
3.14 The Return
There was a point somewhere near to the end of Arrow's first season when I just stopped really trying to cover the show's flashbacks in these reviews. The fact that it could be done without really missing anything major says a heck of a lot about the general importance of those minutes we're subjected to every week, but then every season we're served an episode like The Return, and there's a problem.
The flashbacks in season three have been even less engaging than those of past seasons, taking the action away from Lian Yu and moving it to the comparatively drab Hong Kong, with characters we're only mildly interested in and a crushing sense of inevitability when it comes to Oliver's story.
While the odd...
- 2/23/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Hailee Steinfeld ("True Grit," "Ender's Game") has put the wheels in motion for Dustin Lance Black's "The Statistical Probability Of Love At First Sight" by joining the film. Based on the book by Jennifer E. Smith, the story takes place over 24 hours and follows Hadley, who's stuck at John F. Kennedy Airport and late to her father's second wedding in London. She meets the perfect boy in the airport's cramped waiting area: his name is Oliver, he's British, he's in seat 18B and Hadley's in 18A. Hadley and Oliver's story about family connections, second chances and first loves will make you believe that true love finds you when you're least expecting it. Awwwww. Jason Bateman is "Ipo Man," and no, he's not a superhero. Instead, it's Bateman's latest directing and acting vehicle, based on the Wired article, "Meet The Man Who Sold His Fate To Investors At $1 A Share,...
- 10/29/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Series star Stephen Amell has more or less confirmed that John Barrowman, who plays Malcolm Merlyn, will be made a series regular for Season 3. This is probably not surprising news, especially after the events of last night's season finale. How Oliver's story plays into Merlyn & Thea's is yet to be seen. The CW hasn't made an official announcement yet, but one should be expected shortly. Check out Amell's tweet below: #Arrow has a new series regular. @Team_Barrowman -- What could go wrong?!?! pic.twitter.com/VgFQdQhKNq — Stephen Amell (@amellywood) May 15, 2014 After a violent shipwreck, billionaire playboy Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) was missing and presumed dead for five years before being discovered alive on a remote island in the Pacific. He returned home to Starling City, bent on righting the wrongs of his family and fighting injustice. To do this, he creates the persona of the Arrow and allies himself...
- 5/15/2014
- ComicBookMovie.com
We're back!
The Arrow Round Table took a short hiatus, but we've returned to chat about "The Huntress Returns," which seems like an appropriate time to make a reappearance, no? Joining me at the table are TV Fanatic staff writers Kat Brooks, Nick McHatton, Carla Day and someone new to TV Fanatic, Henry (Hank) Otero. Hank has his own entertainment blog, Hank09.com, and you can find him under Henry A Otero with a very active following on Google+, where he manages over a dozen TV related G+ pages. Welcome, Hank!
Readers, things are heating up on Arrow and there was a lot to talk about with the return of Helena. Let's get down to business! Please join in with your own answers in the comments section.
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Speedy/Speedy: Thea is not giving up on Roy. How soon before they both know Oliver's identity?
Hank: I'm hoping Thea never...
The Arrow Round Table took a short hiatus, but we've returned to chat about "The Huntress Returns," which seems like an appropriate time to make a reappearance, no? Joining me at the table are TV Fanatic staff writers Kat Brooks, Nick McHatton, Carla Day and someone new to TV Fanatic, Henry (Hank) Otero. Hank has his own entertainment blog, Hank09.com, and you can find him under Henry A Otero with a very active following on Google+, where he manages over a dozen TV related G+ pages. Welcome, Hank!
Readers, things are heating up on Arrow and there was a lot to talk about with the return of Helena. Let's get down to business! Please join in with your own answers in the comments section.
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Speedy/Speedy: Thea is not giving up on Roy. How soon before they both know Oliver's identity?
Hank: I'm hoping Thea never...
- 3/25/2013
- by carissa@tvfanatic.com (Carissa Pavlica)
- TVfanatic
Haven't we seen it all before? Is there any point in film and television revisiting the Brontës, Austen and Dickens? Well, yes, especially if the renderings of the British classics are as innovative as the two set for imminent release – Andrea Arnold's Wuthering Heights and Cary Fukunaga's Jane Eyre
Christine Langan, who runs BBC Films, recently felt obliged to defend the latest cinematic adaptations of novels by Charlotte and Emily Brontë – Cary Fukunaga's Jane Eyre, which opens early next month, and Andrea Arnold's Wuthering Heights, due for release in November – against accusations of deja vu. "People," Langan sighed, "will be saying, 'Why the hell are they doing all that over again?'"
They are doing it, I'd suggest, because it needs to be done. Certain books – by the Brontës and by Jane Austen and Dickens – are indispensable to us and accompany us through life. When we first read them,...
Christine Langan, who runs BBC Films, recently felt obliged to defend the latest cinematic adaptations of novels by Charlotte and Emily Brontë – Cary Fukunaga's Jane Eyre, which opens early next month, and Andrea Arnold's Wuthering Heights, due for release in November – against accusations of deja vu. "People," Langan sighed, "will be saying, 'Why the hell are they doing all that over again?'"
They are doing it, I'd suggest, because it needs to be done. Certain books – by the Brontës and by Jane Austen and Dickens – are indispensable to us and accompany us through life. When we first read them,...
- 8/22/2011
- by Peter Conrad
- The Guardian - Film News
It’s been quite an amazing twelve months for Scott Evans, who until mid-summer of last year, was a minor recurring character on the ABC soap One Life to Live. But that was before the talented and daring writing crew at the show decided to reveal nerdy cop Oliver Fish as closeted and in love with his college lover, Kyle Lewis (Brett Claywell). Thus Kish was born and the couple quickly became one of daytime’s most talked about duos.
While other soaps have feared to tread too far into gay territory, Oltl has gone full bore crafting daytime’s first same-sex love triangle, boldly tackling the topic of gay marriage and giving fans the romantic payoff of the first love scene between two men on daytime television.
We talked to Evans about the past year, how it’s affected his life, his views on political subjects, working with his movie star brother Chris Evans,...
While other soaps have feared to tread too far into gay territory, Oltl has gone full bore crafting daytime’s first same-sex love triangle, boldly tackling the topic of gay marriage and giving fans the romantic payoff of the first love scene between two men on daytime television.
We talked to Evans about the past year, how it’s affected his life, his views on political subjects, working with his movie star brother Chris Evans,...
- 1/26/2010
- by michael
- The Backlot
Author and acclaimed screenwriter Erich Segal, the man behind Oscar-winning film Love Story, has died. He was 72.
Segal passed away from a heart attack at his London home on Sunday.
Best known for his 1969 novel Love Story, which he wrote during his career as a professor at Harvard, Segal went on to receive an Academy Award nomination for the screenplay of the 1970 adaptation of his bestselling tome.
The film, which kickstarted the careers of Ryan O'Neal and Tommy Lee Jones, was a global hit, and picked up seven nods at the 1971 Oscars.
Segal also penned the screenplay for The Beatles' Yellow Submarine and Love Story sequel, Oliver's Story.
His funeral took place in Britain on Tuesday.
Segal passed away from a heart attack at his London home on Sunday.
Best known for his 1969 novel Love Story, which he wrote during his career as a professor at Harvard, Segal went on to receive an Academy Award nomination for the screenplay of the 1970 adaptation of his bestselling tome.
The film, which kickstarted the careers of Ryan O'Neal and Tommy Lee Jones, was a global hit, and picked up seven nods at the 1971 Oscars.
Segal also penned the screenplay for The Beatles' Yellow Submarine and Love Story sequel, Oliver's Story.
His funeral took place in Britain on Tuesday.
- 1/20/2010
- WENN
Erich Segal, a classics scholar and best-selling novelist best known as the author of "Love Story," has died at his home in London.
Segal, who had suffered from Parkinson's disease for the past 25 years, died Sunday (Jan. 17) of heart failure. He was 72.
Born and raised in Brooklyn, Segal attended Harvard and was a classics professor at Yale when he wrote "Love Story," which became a runaway bestseller when it was released in 1970. He also wrote the script for the movie adaptation starring Ryan O'Neal and Ali MacGraw, which was released later that year and became a huge hit in its own right. Segal earned an Oscar nomination for his screenplay.
He wrote a sequel, "Oliver's Story," in 1977, and several other novels in addition to a number of scholarly works dealing with classical Greek literature. He taught at Yale, Princeton and Harvard before moving to England and taking a position at...
Segal, who had suffered from Parkinson's disease for the past 25 years, died Sunday (Jan. 17) of heart failure. He was 72.
Born and raised in Brooklyn, Segal attended Harvard and was a classics professor at Yale when he wrote "Love Story," which became a runaway bestseller when it was released in 1970. He also wrote the script for the movie adaptation starring Ryan O'Neal and Ali MacGraw, which was released later that year and became a huge hit in its own right. Segal earned an Oscar nomination for his screenplay.
He wrote a sequel, "Oliver's Story," in 1977, and several other novels in addition to a number of scholarly works dealing with classical Greek literature. He taught at Yale, Princeton and Harvard before moving to England and taking a position at...
- 1/19/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Erich Segal, whose razor-thin romance novel Love Story became a pop culture phenomenon, has died at age 72 from a heart attack in London. Segal's modest story about two love-struck Harvard college students resonated with a generation that was beset by civil unrest and the protest movement. The story is the ultimate soap opera, with the lead female character developing a terminal illness. Still, Segal's skillful prose tore at women's heartstrings and elevated the book to being a publishing sensation. Segal wrote the screenplay for the 1970 big screen adaptation which was a massive box-office hit and scored key Oscar nominations for the principals involved and elevated Ryan O'Neal and Ali MacGraw to stardom. The film's tag-line "Love means never having to say you're sorry" is still widely quoted today, though often in a satiric context. Segal, who also wrote the screenplay for The Beatles' Yellow Submarine, never enjoyed success on this level again.
- 1/19/2010
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Long before Taylor Swift told us hers, Ryan O'Neal and Ali MacGraw were Love Story. Sadly, the man behind the beloved tale, Erich Segal, has written his last page. The author died of a heart attack in his London home on Sunday. He was 72. His tragically romantic novel Love Story was adapted into the 1970 film, which earned five Golden Globe Awards—including Best Picture, Drama and Best Screenplay for Segal—and seven Oscar nominations. While he's best known for that film and its sequel, Oliver's Story, Segal also wrote the screenplay for The Beatles' Yellow Submarine. Other best-selling novels include The Class, about the Harvard graduating class of 1958, and Doctors, a...
- 1/19/2010
- E! Online
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