Michael Apted, ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter’ Director, Dies at 79

Michael Apted, the acclaimed British director behind the revolutionary series of decades-spanning Seven Up documentaries and features including Coal Miner’s Daughter, Nell and The World Is Not Enough, has died. He was 79.
Roy Ashton at the Gersh Agency confirmed Apted’s death to The Hollywood Reporter. A spokesperson for the DGA said he died Thursday night in Los Angeles. No cause of death was immediately available.
Apted made his feature