'M-A-S-H' director Robert Altman dead at 81
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
LOS ANGELES -- Robert Altman, a five-time Academy Award nominee for best director whose vast, eclectic filmography ranged from the dark war comedy "M-A-S-H" to the Hollywood farce "The Player" to the British murder mystery "Gosford Park," has died of complications from cancer. He was 81.
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