Ivan Reitman, Canadian director of ‘Ghostbusters’, dies at 75
Baku, February 14, AZERTAC
Ivan Reitman, the Canadian director whose hits included Ghostbusters and enjoyed long collaborations with Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray and Harold Ramis, has died. He was 75.
Reitman’s family confirmed the news with Association Press. Reitman died in his sleep on February 12 due to unspecified cause.
Reitman was born on October 27 1946 in the former Czechoslovakia and emigrated with his family to Canada in 1950. He entered filmmaking after attending McMaster University in Hamilton and rose up to produce National Lampoon’s Animal House and from there directed two of his biggest hits, Meatballs in 1979 and Stripes one year later and confirming his status as a highly influential force in comedy in the 1970s and 1980s.
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