David Seidler, The Kings Speech Screenwriter, Dead at 86
David Seidler, the screenwriter best known for 2010’s The King’s Speech, has died at the age of 86. “David was in the place he loved most in the world — New Zealand — doing what gave him the greatest peace which was fly-fishing,” his manager Jeff Aghassi said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter. “If given the chance, it is exactly as he would have scripted it.”
Seidler, who himself grew up with a stutter, won the Academy Award and BAFTA for Best Original Screenplay for The King’s Speech in 2010, which chronicled the true story of King George VI’s struggle with a speech impediment as he prepared to take the throne. Seidler also wrote the 2012 stage adaptation of the film. His other work includes 1988’s Tucker: The Man and his Dream, 1998’s Quest for Camelot, and 1999’s Madeline: Lost in Paris.
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