Director Robert Altman dead at 81 – CNN.com

Director Robert Altman dead at 81 – CNN.com

Robert Altman, the caustic and irreverent satirist behind “M-A-S-H,” “Nashville” and “The Player” who made a career out of bucking Hollywood, has died at 81.The director died Monday night at a Los Angeles Hospital, Joshua Astrachan, a producer at Altman’s Sandcastle 5 Productions in New York City, told The Associated Press.

The cause of death wasn’t disclosed. A news release was expected later in the day, Astrachan said.

Wow.  It was made clear that he was ill during the making of A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION but I thought I had read recently that he’d already started pre-production on this next movie.  NASHVILLE has suddenly jumped up on my list of movies I need to see but I know I need to pick up MASH, GODSFORD PARK and A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION sometime soon.

Note:  Someday soon I’ll get around to posting more than death notices.