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Richard Glatzer, ‘Still Alice’ Writer and Director, Dies

| March 12, 2015 Comment

Richard Glatzer, ‘Still Alice’ Writer and Director, Dies – Richard Glatzer, who courageously battled the debilitating effects of ALS as he wrote and directed the Julianne Moore film, Still Alice, with his husband, Wash Westmoreland, has died.

He was 62. He died less than three weeks after Moore won the best actress Oscar on Feb. 22 for her performance as a woman with Alzheimer’s who comes unraveled.

Glatzer was taken by ambulance to a Los Angeles hospital two days before the ceremony with severe respiratory problems, and he and Westmoreland planned to watch the Oscar telecast from the hospital.

Glatzer and Westmoreland adapted Still Alice from a novel by Lisa Genova. Shortly before they took on the project in 2011, Glatzer was diagnosed with ALS, and his condition rapidly deteriorated. Still, he never missed a day of filming.

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