RAINDROPS KEEP FALLIN' ON MY HEAD...: George Roy Hill, the director of one of the greatest films of the 20th Century ("Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid") died today at the age of 81. Hill, I learn now, was a Minneapolis native who graduated from Blake, a Hopkins prep school; he later attended Yale and was a member of the Whittenpoofs, a well-known glee club. Hill won numerous Oscars in 1973 for "The Sting," which like "Sundance" starred Newman and Redford, and also directed the '70s comedy classic "Slap Shot."
Posted by Stephen Silver at December 27, 2002 01:55 PM