Posted on 11/05/2022 6:46:33 AM PDT by Cecily
NEW YORK — Douglas McGrath, a director, screenwriter, actor and playwright who was nominated for an Academy Award and Tony Award, died Thursday. He was 64.
McGrath died of a heart attack at his office in New York City, according to “Everything’s Fine” producers John Lithgow, Tom Werner and Daryl Roth, The New York Times reported. The one-man, Off-Broadway show in which he was performing opened a few weeks ago, according to the newspaper.
“The company of ‘Everything’s Fine’ was honored to have presented his solo autobiographical show. Everyone who worked with him over the last three months of production was struck by his grace, charm, and droll sense of humor, and sends deepest condolences to his family,” the producers said in a statement.
The show will not continue after playing its last performance on Wednesday, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
We’ve lost Doug McGrath. Words can’t express our grief and shock. pic.twitter.com/Bj8acl6pHF — John Lithgow (@JohnLithgow) November 4, 2022
In 1996, McGrath adapted the Jane Austen novel, “Emma,” into a movie and also directed the film, which starred Gwyneth Paltrow, the Times reported. Other films included “Nicholas Nickleby”; “Company Man,” co-written and co-directed with Peter Askin; and, as a writer and director, “Infamous” in 2006, which was a biopic about author Truman Capote, Deadline reported.
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the older I get the more alarming I find stories like this... that’s not that old!
Did he get the jab?
McGrath died of a heart attack at his office in New York City,
🤔
Per NYC.gov
“Bodies of deceased persons are brought to this office because the law requires that the Chief Medical Examiner investigate deaths of persons dying from criminal violence, by accident, by suicide, suddenly when in apparent health, when unattended by a physician, in a correctional facility, or in any suspicious or unusual manner. The medical examiner is responsible for determining the cause and manner of death.”
Another “died suddenly” :-(
....died suddenly Thursday in New York City. He was 64.....
If the coroner refuses to conduct an autopsy or slow-walks the results, guess what killed him.
guess what killed him
The “killer” that shall not be named?
I was not familiar with Doug McGrath, but I recognize John Lithgow to the left. John has had a very long and productive career. I recall seeing him in The World according to Garp.
He just had his 77th birthday on Oct. 19th.
Come now. Healthy adults have been dying of heart attacks from time immemorial. /s
It was a milder form of death.
Looks can be deceiving. I take it you’re one of the anti vaxxers who can’t imagine a 64 yr old dying of anything not covid vaccine related?
Anti vaxxer??? Really?
Talk about deceiving....
Are you one of THESE folks???
You should add all the nasty tweets about and wishes of death for anti-vaxxers by Julie Powell, who recently died of cardiac arrest at age 49.
I really liked his Emma too. RIP sir.
Agree. She needs to be included, in this Hall of Shame.
Nice collection of tweets, we should never forget who those people are and what they’ve said.
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