Hugh Hudson, 'Chariots of Fire' director, dead at 86

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Hugh Hudson, a British filmmaker who debuted as a feature director with the Oscar-winning Olympics drama “Chariots of Fire” and later made such well-regarded movies as “My Life So Far” and the Oscar-nominated “Greystroke,” has died at age 86.

Hudson's family issued a brief statement announcing that he died Friday at a hospital in London “after a short illness.”