Oscar Nominated Actor/Director Paul Mazursky dies at 84

[Cooley Hurd]

http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/01/showbiz/movies/obit-paul-mazursky/index.html

(CNN) -- Paul Mazursky, a five-time Oscar nominee who directed and wrote such films as "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice," "An Unmarried Woman" and "Down and Out in Beverly Hills," has died, his agent said Tuesday.

He was 84. The cause of death was not revealed, but Mazursky had been in ill health for some time.

Mazursky was known for his compassionate touch as a writer and director, guiding such performers as Dyan Cannon (1969's "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice&quot , Art Carney (1974's "Harry and Tonto&quot and Jill Clayburgh (1978's "An Unmarried Woman&quot to Academy Award nominations for acting.

Carney, in fact, won a best actor Oscar for his performance as a widower who travels cross-country with his cat, Tonto.

Indeed, Mazursky was fond of such low-key, human stories, though usually with a dose of humor. "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" was about wife-swapping; "An Unmarried Woman" was about a wealthy New Yorker whose husband leaves her, putting her in the dating pool for the first time in years.



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Cross gently, Paul...

[villager]

1. Next Stop, Greenwich Village

RIP....