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Hollywood actor Mel Ferrer dies Hollywood actor Mel Ferrer dies
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US actor and director Mel Ferrer has died at the age of 90, a spokesman for his family has said.US actor and director Mel Ferrer has died at the age of 90, a spokesman for his family has said.
Ferrer died at his ranch in Santa Barbara surrounded by family and friends, the spokesman said. Ferrer died at his ranch in California surrounded by family and friends, the spokesman said.
Ferrer starred in scores of films including War and Peace, The Sun Also Rises, and Lili.Ferrer starred in scores of films including War and Peace, The Sun Also Rises, and Lili.
He was married to Audrey Hepburn, whom he directed in several films. In 1967 Ferrer produced Wait Until Dark, in which Hepburn starred. He was married to Audrey Hepburn, with whom he worked on several films. In 1967 Ferrer produced Wait Until Dark, in which Hepburn starred.
The couple became engaged in 1954 when appearing together in the New York play Ondine, and married later that year.
Later in his career, Ferrer increasingly directed and produced films for television.
Born on 25 August 1917 in Elberon, New Jersey, Ferrer was the son of a doctor from Puerto Rico and a socialite mother.
Ferrer and Hepburn divorced in 1968. A year later he married his fourth wife, Elizabeth Soukhotine, who survives him.