Milestones

DIED

Fred Willard

Singular satirist

FRED WILLARD, WHO DIED ON MAY 15 AT 86, WAS A BRILLIANT satirist, and he did what I think is the best kind of satire; it’s very close to the bone. You didn’t know if it was supposed to be funny or if he was telling you an honest truth. We tried to do that and he did it with everything. When we were doing the cinematographer kept saying, “What’s funny about this? This is what really happens,” and I said, “No no no, it’s a little bent.” And that’s what was great about Fred.