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Award-winning director Mike Nichols has died at the age of 83, ABC News 

"He was a true visionary, winning the highest honors in the arts for his work as a director, writer, producer and comic and was one of a tiny few to win the EGOT — an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony in his lifetime," ABC News President James Goldston said in the statement.

Nichols, who died suddenly Wednesday, is survived by his wife, ABC News anchor Diane Sawyer, his children, Daisy, Max and Jenny, and four grandchildren.


NPR's Eric Deggans is reporting on the story for our Newscast unit. He says the director of 

 started as a performer but quickly built a career offstage as one of entertainment's most-honored creative leaders. He says:


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Oscar-winning director Mike Nichols, the husband of ABC News anchor Diane Sawyer, has died at the age of 83. Nichols won the Academy Award for best director for "The Graduate."

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