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Article: RICHARD MARQUAND DIRECTED 'RETURN OF THE JEDI'
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- September 6, 1987
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LONDON - British film director Richard Marquand, whose
successes included the box-office hits "Jagged Edge" and "Return of
the Jedi," has died. He was 49.
Brian Vine, administrator of Kent and Sussex Hospital near
London, said yesterday that Mr. Marquand died Friday morning.
Vine said he did not know the cause of death, but the British
domestic news agency Press Association said the director had
suffered a stroke Aug. 30.
Among Mr. Marquand's other movie credits were "Eye of the
Needle" and "Until September." His latest film, "Hearts of Fire,"
is due for release in the fall.
As a television director, he was responsible for "Search for
the Nile," for which he won an Emmy in ...