Garry Marshall, 'Happy Days' creator and 'Pretty Woman' director dies at 81

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Garry Marshall, 'Happy Days' creator and 'Pretty Woman' director dies at 81



(CNN)Famed director and producer Garry Marshall has died. He was 81 years old.
Marshall, who created some of the most popular 1970's TV shows -- including "Mork and Mindy" and "Happy Days," and directed hit films like "Pretty Woman" and "The Princess Diaries" -- died Tuesday in a Burbank hospital, his publicist Michelle Bega confirmed. Marshall passed away from complications of pneumonia following a stroke at a hospital, Bega said in a statement Tuesday.

The Hollywood legend directed, produced and starred in films and TV shows since the late 1950's.
Ron Howard remembers 'brilliant' Garry Marshall. He directed 18 films, including big screen hits like "Beaches," "Overboard," "Runaway Bride," "Valentine's Day" and 1990's "Pretty Woman," which made a star of Julia Roberts and gave Richard Gere his first hit in years.

He just finished a rewrite for a Broadway-bound musical version of "Pretty Woman," Bega said.
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In 1970, Marshall created a television adaptation of Neil Simon's play "The Odd Couple" for ABC. The successful sit-com drew several Emmy nominations over the course of its five seasons. Television hits followed soon after. "Happy Days" became the number one rated television show in 1977 and launched an American cultural icon: the Fonz.

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