The Guy Who Married Audrey Hepburn Died
The American actor, film director and producer Mel Ferrer, who was once married to the cult actress Audrey Hepburn, has died in California at age 90.
Aart from his marriage to Hepburn, whom he met in 1954 when they both performed in a play in New York, Ferrer was best known for his roles in “Brave Bulls,” a 1951 film on the life of a bullfighter, and in “Lili,” a 1953 romance in which he played a lame puppeteer opposite Leslie Caron.
He also had a starring role in the 1956 epic “War and Peace,” in which he played prince Andrei Bolkonsky opposite Henry Fonda and Hepburn, and he produced one of Hepburn’s many hit films, the 1967 thriller “Wait Until Dark.”
Ferrer was married five times in all, Hepburn being his fourth wife.
Damn this guy was busy….but now he’s gone.
Later Mel!
