David Seidler, best known for his Academy Award-winning writing on The King’s Speech, died on Saturday, March 16 while on a fly-fishing expedition in New Zealand.
He was 86 and no cause was given. “David was in the place he loved most in the world – New Zealand – doing what gave him the greatest peace which was fly-fishing.
If given the chance, it is exactly as he would have scripted it,” said longtime manager Jeff Aghassi. Seidler’s The King’s Speech went on to win Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor.
The film focused on the story of King George VI (Colin Firth) overcoming his severe stutter, and his unexpected friendship with speech therapist Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush) in the lead up to World War II.
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