The British producer behind The Rocky Horror Picture Show film and Monty Python and the Holy Grail has died. Michael White, who was 80, died of heart failure in California, his former girlfriend Lyndall Hobbs said.
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Michael White's productions include "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" and "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"
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He had credits spanning decades in theatre, film and television. "Michael
had an appetite for life that was unmatched in my opinion," said Ms
Hobbs. "A unique man who put on hundreds of shows and truly was a
theatrical pioneer."
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Michael White (r) poses at the Laurence Olivier Awards in 2014
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Born in Glasgow, White began his theatrical career in London's West End producing plays such as Annie and The Rocky Horror Show. He
later went on to produce cult films Monty Python and the Holy Grail and
The Rocky Horror Picture Show, which is still regularly screened in
cinemas.
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The original cast of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" in 1975
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"It would seem he died of heart failure having been told
about eight weeks ago that he needed open heart surgery but he was too
weak for surgery," said Ms Hobbs. White was also the producer of The Hound of Baskervilles, as well as
other films and TV series, a career he recounted in his autobiography
Empty Seats.
Most
recently White was the subject of a 2013 documentary The Last
Impresario which followed his life mingling among celebrities. The film featured interviews with friends and colleagues such as the actor John Cleese and model Kate Moss.
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