EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Director Irvin Kershner Dead At 87
It's been a tough twenty four hours for 1980s film icons. Late yesterday came word that actor Leslie Nielsen had passed from complications of a staph infection and today comes word that director Irvin Kershner has pass at age 87 from what his daughter is describing as simply a 'lengthy illness'.
Though he has many, many other entries on his resume Kershner will always be best remembered as the director of the finest entry in the Star Wars canon, The Empire Strikes Back. Among his other high profile work was Robocop II and Sean Connery's final appearance in the James Bond franchise, Never Say Never Again.
Though he has many, many other entries on his resume Kershner will always be best remembered as the director of the finest entry in the Star Wars canon, The Empire Strikes Back. Among his other high profile work was Robocop II and Sean Connery's final appearance in the James Bond franchise, Never Say Never Again.
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