Blake Edwards, the writer/director behind the "Pink Panther" series and the Audrey Hepburn movie "Breakfast at Tiffany's," died this morning. He was 88.

Edwards was born in Tulsa, OK on July 26, 1922. After his parents' divorce, his mother remarried a film production manager (whose own father was a director), so Edwards grew up on movie sets. He began his career in film as an extra and supporting actor, before graduating to writing and directing for television and film.

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