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submitted 3 weeks ago by UKFilmNerd@feddit.uk to c/movies@lemm.ee

Writer-director Jim Abrahams, who co-wrote and co-directed some of the most iconic comedy films of the 1980s including “The Naked Gun” and “Airplane!” (aka. “Flying High”), has died. He was 80. Abrahams died of natural causes at his home in Santa Monica according to his son Joseph in a statement issued to THR. Together with […]

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[-] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 weeks ago

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue!

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