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[image: Dino De Laurentiis] © AP Dino De Laurentiis Italian Film legend Dino De Laurentiis dies at 91 Nov. 11, 2010, 9:42 AM EST *TheWrap <http://www.thewrap.com/>* Legendary film producer Dino De Laurentiis<http://movies.msn.com/celebrities/celebrity/dino-de-laurentiis/>has died in Los Angeles, according to several Italian media reports. He was 91. He produced more than 500 films, and won two Oscars: one in 1956 for Federico Fellini's "La Strada<http://movies.msn.com/movies/movie/la-strada/>," another in 1957 for "Nights of Cabiria<http://movies.msn.com/movies/movie/nights-of-cabiria.2/> ." *Bing:* The movies of Dino De Laurentiis<http://www.bing.com/search?q=Dino%20De%20Laurentiis%20movies&form=msnena> "Cinema has lost one of its greats," Walter Veltroni, former mayor of Rome and founder the Rome Film Festival, said in a statement Thursday. Born in Italy, he founded the Dino De Laurentiis Studios in 1947 after serving in the Italian army during World War II. De Laurentiis moved to the U.S. in the 1970s and produced several American films, including "Serpico <http://movies.msn.com/movies/movie/serpico/>" (1973), "Three Days of the Condor<http://movies.msn.com/movies/movie/three-days-of-the-condor/>" (1975), "King Kong <http://movies.msn.com/movies/movie/king-kong.1/>" (1976) and "Hannibal <http://movies.msn.com/movies/movie/hannibal.3/>" (2001). De Laurentiis was also credited with launching Arnold Schwarzenegger<http://movies.msn.com/celebrities/celebrity/arnold-schwarzenegger/>'s acting career in "Conan the Barbarian<http://movies.msn.com/movies/movie/conan-the-barbarian.2/> ." He collected several awards for his decades of film work, including the Irving G.Thalberg Memorial Award at the 2001 Academy Awards and a lifetime achievement award at the 2003 Venice Film Festival. His granddaughter, Giada De Laurentiis<http://movies.msn.com/celebrities/celebrity/giada-de-laurentiis/>, is a chef on the Food Network. -- PJ C. Reyes -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gimik" group. To post to this group, send email to gi...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to gimik+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gimik?hl=en.
