Beatty’s manager, Deborah Miller, said Beatty died Sunday of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles surrounded by friends and loved ones. Beatty’s appearance in “Network,” scripted by Paddy Chayefsky an directed by Sidney Lumet, was brief but titanic. Between movies, Beatty worked often in TV and theater. Ned Thomas Beatty was born in 1937 in Louisville, Ky., and raised in Lexington, where he joined the Protestant Disciples of Christ Christian Church. Boorman told him the role was cast, but changed his mind after seeing Beatty audition.

Source: The Hindu June 15, 2021 08:37 UTC