Peter Bogdanovich – tinges of genius in a dark life

Peter Bogdanovich, described as ‘the blazing night-sky comet of the New Hollywood generation,’ has died. He had a life of calamitous lows as well as spectacular highs, was twice bankrupt, a drug addict accused of seducing the 13-year-old half-sister of his murdered girlfriend and was also a revered director, a respected actor and an accomplished screenwriter.  He was born 30 July 1939 9.50pm New York into a family tinged with sadness because of the accidental kitchen death of a