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- On November 19, 1998, Pakula was driving on the Long Island Expressway in Melville, New York, when a driver in front of him hit a metal pipe, causing it to crash through his windshield and strike him in the head. His car swerved off the road and into a fence.
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Nov 20, 1998 · Alan J. Pakula, who enjoyed acclaim as both a producer (“To Kill a Mockingbird,” “Up the Down Staircase”) and director (“Klute,” “All the President’s Men,” “Sophie’s Choice”), died Thursday...
Annette Hinkle on Mar 30, 2022. It was a freak accident and one that could not possibly have been foreshadowed. On November 19, 1998, an errant length of metal pipe lying in the middle of the...
Nov 19, 1998 · MELVILLE, N.Y., Nov. 19 -- American film director Alan Pakula has died in a freak car crash on New York's Long Island. Suffolk County police say Pakula, whose credits include the Oscar-...
Nov 20, 1998 · Oscar-winning dramatisation of the Watergate scandal, All the President's Men, has been killed in a freak car accident in New York. Mr Pakula, who was 70, was killed after a metal pole lying...
On November 19, 1998, Pakula was driving on the Long Island Expressway in Melville, New York, when a driver in front of him hit a metal pipe, causing it to crash through his windshield and strike him in the head. His car swerved off the road and into a fence.
- Film director, screenwriter, producer
- April 7, 1928, The Bronx, New York City, U.S.
- 1957–1998
- November 19, 1998 (aged 70), Melville, New York, U.S.
Nov 19, 1998 · Alan Pakula, one of Hollywood's most respected directors and the helmist behind the Oscar-winning dramatisation of the Watergate scandal, All the President's Men, has been killed in a freak...
Nov 20, 1998 · November 20, 199812:00 AM ET. Heard on Morning Edition. Audio will be available later today. NPR's Ina Jaffe reports on the tragic death of film director Alan Pakula. He died in a freak car...
