Cimino’s masterpiece was 1978’s The Deer Hunter, the story of the Vietnam War’s effect on a small steel-working town in Pennsylvania. The film won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director for Cimino. The coroner has not yet provided details on the circumstances of Michael Cimino's death. LOS ANGELES—Michael Cimino, the Oscar-winning director whose film The Deer Hunter became one of the great triumphs of Hollywood’s 1970s heyday, and whose disastrous Heaven’s Gate helped bring that era to a close, has died. Cimino died Saturday at age 77, Los Angeles County acting coroner’s Lt. B. Kim told The Associated Press.

Source: thestar July 03, 2016 12:14 UTC