BRITAIN: Bergman dies, 89.SWEDISH film director Ingmar Bergman, widely regarded as one of the great masters of modern cinema, died yesterday. He was 89. Bergman died at his home on the Baltic islet islet /is·let/ (-lit) an island. islets of Langerhans irregular microscopic structures scattered throughout the pancreas and comprising its endocrine portion. of Faro Faro, town, Portugal Faro (fä`rō), town (1991 pop. 31,966), capital of Faro dist. and of Algarve, S Portugal. The southernmost town in Portugal, it is a seaport from which fish, fruit (especially dried figs), wine, and cork are , north of the tourist island of Gotland, Sweden, his daughter Eva Bergman, one of his nine children, said. A cause of death was not immediately available. Bergman, whose 1982 film Fanny And Alexander won an Oscar for best foreign film, made about 60 movies before retiring from film making in 2003. Bergman was one of the towering figures of serious film making. |
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