Anthony Minghella died today

Director (of "The English Patient" (1996), "The Talented Mr. Ripley" (1999), and "Cold Mountain" (2003)) Anthony Minghell was born on January 6, 1954 in Ryde, Isle of Wight, England. He said, "The only lesson to extract from any civil war is that it's pointless and futile and ugly, and that there is nothing glamorous or heroic about it. There are heroes, but the causes are never heroic." [So true.]... Mr. Minghell died on March 18, 2008 in London, England.