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Milos Forman, 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest' Director, Dies At 86

The Czech director won awards for 1975's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and 1984's Amadeus.
Milos Forman at the International Rome Film Festival in Rome in 2009. He died at age 86 in Connecticut.

Milos Forman, known for directing the classic films One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Amadeus, has died at age 86, his manager tells NPR.

Forman's wife Martina told the Czech news

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