Acclaimed director Norman Jewison dies aged 97

nme.com:

In The Heat Of The Night and Moonstruck, has died at the age of 97.The news was shared by his publicist Jeff Sanderson yesterday (January 22) that Jewison died “peacefully” last Saturday (January 20) at his home in Los Angeles.Jewison’s stirring 1967 racial drama In The Heat Of The Night won the Oscar for Best Picture, and Jewison himself was nominated for Best Director.He would receive two further nominations, for 1971 musical Fiddler On The Roof and 1987 romantic comedy Moonstruck.

He later won the Academy’s prestigious Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, an Honorary Oscar. Among those to pay tribute to Jewison was Cher, who herself won an Oscar for her performance in Moonstruck. “Farewell sweet prince,” she wrote. “Thank you for one of the greatest, happiest, most fun experiences of my life.