Garry Marshall, ‘Pretty Woman’ Director and Creator of ‘Happy Days,’ Dies at 81 [View all]
Source: Variety
Garry Marshall, who created some of the 1970s most iconic sitcoms including Happy Days, The Odd Couple, Laverne and Shirley and Mork and Mindy and went on to direct hit movies including Pretty Woman and The Princess Diaries, died Tuesday of complications from pneumonia. He was 81. The news was first reported by Access Hollywood.
Marshall went from being TV writer to creating sitcoms that touched the funny bones of the 1970s generation and directing films that were watched over and over: Happy Days helped start a nostalgia craze that has arguably never abated, while Mork and Mindy had a psychedelically goofy quality that catapulted Robin Williams to fame and made rainbow suspenders an icon of their era. Pretty Woman likewise cemented Julia Roberts stardom, while The Princess Diaries made Anne Hathaway a teen favorite.
Read more: http://variety.com/2016/film/news/garry-marshall-dead-dies-pretty-woman-happy-days-1201817964/