Ronald Harwood, Oscar-winning ‘The Pianist’ screenwriter, dies at 85

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Sir Ronald Harwood, the Oscar-winning British screenwriter of The Pianist and films such as The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,The Dresser and Quartet, has died. He was 85.

BBC. “His wife Natasha died in 2013 and Sir Ronald is survived by their children Antony, Deborah and Alexandra,” Daish said.Harwood was born in South Africa and went on to become one of Britain’s greatest playwrights.

Jordan Moreau Sir Ronald Harwood, an Oscar-winning screenwriter and playwright, died on Tuesday of natural causes, his agent told BBC on Wednesday. He was 85.The British writer won the Academy Award for best adapted screenplay for Roman Polanski’s “The Pianist” in 2003.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsRonald Harwood, a South African screenwriter most known for The Pianist has died. The Oscar-winning writer was 85.Harwood, who also wrote The Dresser and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, died Tuesday of natural causes in his Sussex home.The writer was born in South Africa in 1934.

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Czech film director Jiri Menzel, whose 1966 movie Closely Watched Trains won the Academy Award for best foreign language film, has died aged 82.

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