German Film Giant Dies Of Heart Attack

Sky News Wednesday 26th January, 2011

The 61-year-old was having dinner with family and friends in Los Angeles on Tuesday when he was taken ill. The German culture minister, Bernd Neumann, said: "Bernd Eichinger was a true giant of film - nationally and internationally successful as a writer, director and producer. "He has made an enduring impression on film in the past few decades like no one else in Germany."

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