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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

SHOCKING: Some like it hot producer walter mirisch dies aged 101 | Mind Blowing Facts

Walter Mirisch, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at the organization's headquarters in Beverly Hills on September 16, 1975. (AP Photo/George Brich)

Oscar-winner Walter Mirisch, who produced Hollywood classics such as "West Side Story," "Some Like It Hot" and "The Pink Panther," has died at age 101 of natural causes, the Academy said Sunday.

Mirisch, whose career spanned six decades and who was also a former president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, died on Friday in Los Angeles, the organization said in a statement.

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