Hollywood Producer Buried in Native Bombay (Ismail Merchant)

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050528/ap_on_en_mo/india_merchant_1

BOMBAY, India - Ismail Merchant, the Indian-born Hollywood producer who mastered the period-piece genre in a 44-year filmmaking partnership with James Ivory, was buried Saturday in the town of his birth.
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Relatives and friends gathered at his ancestral home in downtown Bombay. Several actors from the Indian film industry who had worked with Merchant also attended the funeral.

"It was ... his wish to be buried in India, and he wanted to be buried near his mum," said Jaya Ramachandran, a production coordinator who worked with Merchant for 10 years. (More at link.)

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1. He died of stomach ulcer surgery?

Sounds like a screw up to me. What beautiful films he & Ivory made. Thanks for posting this.