Award-winning director dies of heart attack as family 'devastated'

The director Justin Hardy died on Friday nightPierra Willix, Press Association Senior Entertainment Reporter and Paul McAuley Senior Life Reporter21:02, 01 Aug 2026Updated 21:07, 01 Aug 2026Director Justin Hardy, who had just completed a follow-up to his father Robin’s cult classic film The Wicker Man, has died aged 61

EMMY-award winning producer, Richard L. O’Connor, who was behind The Muppet Movie has died aged 96. His family announced that Richard died on July 22 in Palm Desert. The veteran producer landed an Emmy for outstanding children’s programme in 1990 after producing the NBC telefilm A Mother’s Courage: The Mary Thomas Stor

Richard L. O’Connor, an Emmy-winning TV producer and a studio executive in charge of production on such films as On Golden Pond, The Muppet Movie and Raise The Titanic, died July 22 in Palm Desert. He was 96. His death was announced by his family. A cause was not disclosed. A long-time resident of the…

Richard L. O’Connor, an Emmy-winning producer known for his work as an executive in charge of productions like “The Muppet Movie,” “On Golden Pond” and “Hickey & Boggs,” died July 22 in Palm Desert, California. He was 96. O’Connor’s death was confirmed to Variety by his family. O’Connor won an Emmy back in 1990 for…

He also was an executive in charge of production on ‘The Muppet Movie,’ ‘On Golden Pond’ and ‘Across 110th Street.’