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John Guillermin | Movie director, 89

John Guillermin, 89, a veteran British director best known for bringing to life big-budget adventure films like The Towering Inferno and the 1976 King Kong , has died.

John Guillermin, 89, a veteran British director best known for bringing to life big-budget adventure films like

The Towering Inferno

and the 1976

King Kong

, has died.

Mr. Guillermin died Sunday at his home in Southern California's Topanga Canyon.

Producer and friend Nick Redman confirmed Mr. Guillermin's death.

Over the course of his long career, Mr. Guillermin directed many Hollywood legends, including Peter Sellers, Bette Davis, Paul Newman, Orson Welles, and Fred Astaire.

- AP