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Billy Wilder dies at 95 after acclaimed Hollywood run
Oscar winning filmmaker Billy Wilder, Austrian born writer-director of Sunset Boulevard Some Like It Hot and The Apartment, died Wednesday night at 95 in Los Angeles. His career spanned comedies dramas thrillers and mysteries exploring cynicism and humanity amid fame money and sex. Wilder fled Nazi Europe in 1933 and later won three Oscars for The Apartment, plus earlier wins for Sunset Boulevard and The Lost Weekend.
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