AILING Superman's Margot Kidder, 53, fractured her pelvis when her SUV ran off the road in southeastern Maine in a one-car accident Aug. 25. Kidder was alone in the vehicle. At press time, a Waldo County Hospital spokeswoman said the actress was in "satisfactory" condition.

DEATHS Pediatric resident Marnie Alexis Rose, 28, featured in ABC's reality-TV drama Houston Medical, of brain cancer, Aug. 24, in Houston.... Longtime Warner Bros. exec Ted Ashley, 80, who presided over such hits as Superman and Dirty Harry, of leukemia, Aug. 24, in New York City.... Dirty Harry cowriter Dean Riesner, 83, who also penned the Emmy-winning 1976 miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man, of natural causes, Aug. 18, in Encino, Calif.... Once-blacklisted actor Jeff Corey (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid), 88, who as an acting coach taught such students as James Dean and Jack Nicholson when he couldn't find film work in the '50s, of complications from a fall, Aug. 16, in L.A. He also worked as a TV director in the '70s, helming such fare as The Bob Newhart Show.... On Aug. 14, singer Dave Williams, 30, whose hard-rock band Drowning Pool scored a hit with 2001's "Bodies," was found dead on his tour bus in Manassas, Va., while on tour with Ozzfest. Initial autopsy reports were inconclusive about the cause of death.... Filmmaker Peter Hunt, 77, who edited the first five James Bond films and directed 1969's On Her Majesty's Secret Service (the only 007 caper to star George Lazenby), of heart failure, Aug. 14, in Santa Monica, Calif.... "Sexploitation" film director Doris Wishman, 82, whose works include 1965's Bad Girls Go to Hell and 1989's A Night to Dismember, of lymphoma, Aug. 10, in Coral Gables, Fla. --Nancy Miller

Originally posted Sep 06, 2002 Published in issue #670 Sep 06, 2002 Order article reprints
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