Joseph Strick, R. I, P.

Joseph Strick, Screenwriter, Is Dead at 86 - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.com: "Joseph Strick, an Academy Award-winning director, screenwriter and producer known for filming the unfilmable — in particular weighty, bawdy literary works whose screen adaptations often ran afoul of censors worldwide — died on June 1 in Paris. He was 86 and had made his home in Paris since the 1970s."

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.