Michael Winner Dies Aged 77

Michael Winner Dies Aged 77 Film director and newspaper columnist, Michael Winner has died at the age of 77.

The household personality, Michael Winner was said to have been ill for quite some time, and specialists had said he had just 18 months to live last summer, due to a dodgy liver.

Famous for the film ‘Death Wish’ Michael Winner told The Big Issue last year, that he knew the film would be his epitaph.

“When I die, it’s going to be ‘Death Wish director dies’,” he said. I don’t mind though – Death Wish was an epoch-making film. The first film in the history of cinema where the hero kills other civilians.

“It had never been done before. Since then it has been the most copied film ever. Tarantino put it in his top 10 films ever made.”

You might also remember Michael Winner from those God awful ESure adverts where he says ‘Calm Down Dear’.

Michael…you shall be missed.

Film director and newspaper columnist, Michael Winner has died at the age of 77.

The household personality, Michael Winner was said to have been ill for quite some time, and specialists had said he had just 18 months to live last summer, due to a dodgy liver.

Famous for the film ‘Death Wish’ Michael Winner told The Big Issue last year, that he knew the film would be his epitaph.

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