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Robert Altman, ground breaking director, dead at 81

Was seven-time Oscar nominee

By Mark Feeney
Globe Staff / November 22, 2006

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Robert Altman , the director of such classic films as "M*A*S*H" and "Nashville" and one of the great Hollywood mavericks, died Monday night of complications from cancer at a Los Angeles hospital. He was 81. (Full article: 1433 words)

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