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Juliette Binoche Pens Emotional Goodbye to Anthony Minghella

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Juliette Binoche Pens Emotional Goodbye to Anthony Minghella

Originally posted 03/19/2008 06:50PM

Juliette Binoche wrote this heartfelt remembrance of Anthony Minghella, who directed her in The English Patient and Breaking and Entering. The Oscar-winning director died Tuesday:

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Jude Law Saddened by Anthony Minghella's Death | Anthony Minghella, Jude Law

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UpdatePosted 03/18/2008 02:00PM

Jude Law Deeply Saddened by Anthony Minghella's Death

Originally posted 03/18/2008 12:35PM

Two of the late director Anthony Minghella's most notable leading men, Jude Law and Ralph Fiennes, as well as his leading ladies, have expressed sadness and shock over the death of their friend and collaborator.

Minghella passed away at age 54 early Tuesday after suffering a fatal hemorrhage following surgery for cancer of the tonsils and neck, said his rep.

"I'm devastated, there is really no way to put it into words," says Minghella's Cold Mountain star Nicole Kidman, 40. "He was a gift to the world."

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Oscar-Winning Director Anthony Minghella Dies | Anthony Minghella

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UpdatePosted 03/18/2008 11:45AM

Oscar-Winning Director Anthony Minghella Dies

Originally posted 03/18/2008 09:40AM

British filmmaker Anthony Minghella, who won a Best Director Oscar in 1996 for The English Patient, has died, his London-based agent confirmed to the Associated Press. He was 54.

He succumbed to a fatal hemorrhage early Tuesday morning at Charing Cross Hospital in Hammersmith, west London, his rep tells PEOPLE. Minghella had an operation last week for a growth in his neck, which "seemed to have gone well."

Minghella's other movies included 1999's The Talented Mr. Ripley, which made a star out of Jude Law, and 2003's Cold Mountain, which won an Oscar for its Supporting Actress Renée Zellweger.

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