Oscar-winner Mike Nichols dead at 83

(ANSA) - New York, November 20 - Renowned Oscar-winning director Mike Nichols has died at the age of 83, his wife, TV news anchor Diane Sawyer announced Thursday.
    Nichols, who was born in Germany, won an Academy Award for his popular 1967 film The Graduate, starring Anne Bancroft and Dustin Hoffman.
    He was also nominated for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, starring Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, Silkwood, written by Nora Ephron and starring Meryl Streep, and Working Girl starring Melanie Griffith.
    Nichols was one of only 12 people to win all four top American entertainment prizes - an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and numerous Tony Awards.
    His last film was Charlie Wilson's War with Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts in 2007.