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Bob Rafelson, Director of ‘Five Easy Pieces’ and Co-Creator of ‘The Monkees,’ Dies at 89
By Chris Koseluk Bob Rafelson, the writer, director, producer and maverick who set the tone for the swinging, psychedelic 1960s with The Monkees, then was a pioneer in one of the most influential ...
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Rebel director Bob Rafelson dies at 89: ‘He never wanted to be part of the crowd’
Bob Rafelson, a defiant director, writer and TV producer with a reputation for making a scene in Hollywood, died Saturday at age 89 in Aspen, Colo. His wife, Gabrielle Taurek, confirmed his death ...
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Oscar-Nominated 'Five Easy Pieces' Director Bob Rafelson, Who Created 'The Monkees', Dead at 89
Bob Rafelson died of natural causes Saturday at his home in Aspen, Colorado Shafiq Najib is a former writer-reporter at PEOPLE. He left PEOPLE in 2023. Bob Rafelson — the Oscar-nominated ...
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Bob Rafelson, 'Five Easy Pieces' director, has died at age 89
Filmmaker Bob Rafelson, who directed "Five Easy Pieces" and who wrote or produced some of the most influential films of the 1970s, has died. He was 89. Critic Bob Mondello offers this remembrance.
The Independent2y
Bob Rafelson death: Monkees co-creator and New Hollywood era director dies, aged 89
“The co-creator/producer of the show was Bob Rafelson [and] at first, I mistook him for another actor there for the audition. “Needless to say, I got the part and it completely altered my lif ...
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Bob Rafelson, 'The Monkees' co-creator and ‘Five Easy Pieces’ director, dead at 89
Bob Rafelson, the director, producer and writer who brought a European sensibility to American filmmaking with "Five Easy Pieces" in 1970, died Saturday evening at his home in Aspen, Colorado.
The New York Times2y
Bob Rafelson, Director of ‘Five Easy Pieces,’ Dies at 89
By Dennis Lim Bob Rafelson, an iconoclastic director and producer who was a central figure of the New Hollywood movement that jump-started American cinema in the wake of the 1960s counterculture ...
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Bob Rafelson, ‘The Monkees’ Co-Creator and ‘Five Easy Pieces’ Director, Dead at 89
Bob Rafelson, the Oscar-nominated maverick filmmaker who directed Seventies classics like Five Easy Pieces and The King of Marvin Gardens in addition to co-creating The Monkees, has died at the ...