Norman Jewison, acclaimed director of 'In the Heat of the Night’ and 'Moonstruck,' dies aged 97

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Famed Canadian filmmaker and producer Norman Jewison has died aged 97, his publicist has announced. Jewison directed classics such as 'Moonstruck', 'In The Heat Of The Night', 'Fiddler on the Roof' and 'The Thomas Crown Affair'.

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00:00 The Canadian film director Norman Jewison died peacefully on Saturday at 97, said his

00:07 publicist Jeff Sanderson.

00:10 Jewison was a three-time Oscar nominee who received an Academy Award for lifetime achievement

00:15 in 1999.

00:17 In his autobiography, he said that injustice and racism, an issue that many Americans feel

00:22 uncomfortable about, as he put it, became his most common themes.

00:27 Jewison is mostly known for films such as Jesus Christ Superstar, a musical drama, as

00:34 well as for In the Heat of the Night, winner of five Oscars, and Moonstruck, which received

00:40 six nominations at the 60th Academy Awards.

00:44 Jewison lived most of his life in Toronto.

00:47 [SWOOSH]

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