BREAKING: Oscar-winning director, Jonathan Demme, dies

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The death of highly-respected and much-lauded film director, Jonathan Demme, has occurred today.

The 73-year-old, who is behind Oscar-winning films including Silence of the Lambs and Philadelphia passed away from esophageal cancer and complications from heart disease.

Tributes have poured in for the filmmaker, who also directed The Manchurian Candidate and Rachel Getting Married.

The much-loved filmmaker, who made his directorial debut in 1971, is survived by his wife, Joanne Howard, and three children.

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