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Comedy master Blake Edwards dies at 88

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Famed filmmaker Blake Edwards has died at 88. Edwards was best known for the broad but smart slapstick of movies such as those in ‘The Pink Panther’ series. Yet he also was able to shift into a more serious gear, as he did the 1961 dramedy ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s,’ which was nominated for five Oscars. His relevance continued well into the 1980s with biting (and often taboo-busting) comedies such as ‘Victor/Victoria’ and ‘Skin Deep.’

Edwards appeared (with wife Julie Andrews) just 10 weeks ago at a tribute at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences -- an event at which, despite being hobbled by age and health, he was as much his sharp-tongued self as ever. More on Edwards from The Times later.

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-- Steven Zeitchik

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