The legendary director and EGOT recipient died Nov. 19 at 83 of a heart attack. After rising to fame and winning a Grammy as part of the comedy duo Nichols and May with Elaine May, Nichols transitioned to directing and helmed such classics as Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Working Girl, Silkwood, Heartburn, Catch-22, Postcards from the Edge, The Birdcage, Primary Colors, Closer and The Graduate, for which he won the Best Director Oscar in 1968. His last film was 2007's Charlie Wilson's War. Nichols won nine Tony Awards in his career, including a record six for Best Director of a Play. His Broadway hits include Barefoot in the Park, The Odd Couple, Spamalot and the 2012 revival of Death of a Salesman. For his TV work, he earned directing Emmys for Wit and the seminal HBO miniseries Angels in America.
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