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  1. He died of kidney failure at the UCLA Medical Center on June 6, 1993, at 57 years old. He was buried at Oakwood Cemetery in his hometown of Paris, Arkansas. [1] [3] [4] The James Bridges Theater at University of California, Los Angeles was named in his honor in November 1999. [5] Bridges was a faculty member there early in his career.

  2. Jun 7, 1993 · Writer-director James Bridges, whose films included “The China Syndrome,” “The Paper Chase” and “Urban Cowboy,” died Sunday at UCLA Medical Center. He was 57. He had struggled with ...

  3. Bridges then did September 30 1955 (1978), a semi-autobiographical piece about an Arkansas student affected by the death of James Dean. It was another of his films to be ignored, but by this time ...

  4. James Bridges (born February 3, 1936, Paris, Arkansas, U.S.—died June 6, 1993, Los Angeles, California) was an American actor, screenwriter, and director who was best known for The China Syndrome (1979) and Urban Cowboy (1980). Bridges began his career in entertainment as an actor, and early credits included bit parts on a number of ...

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  5. Jun 8, 1993 · Bridges began in movies by writing and directing "The Babymaker" in 1970, about a woman who agrees to bear a child for a childless couple. It was based on the life of a woman Bridges knew. Three years later, he wrote and directed "The Paper Chase," a popular movie later made into a TV series, starring John Houseman, a former Bridges mentor, as the cantankerous professor.

  6. Jun 8, 1993 · By From News Services. June 8, 1993 at 1:00 a.m. EDT. James Bridges, 57, an Oscar-nominated writer and director whose films include "The Paper Chase," "The China Syndrome" and "Urban Cowboy," died ...

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  8. He died of kidney failure at the UCLA Medical Center on June 6, 1993, at 57 years old. He was buried at Oakwood Cemetery in his hometown of Paris, Arkansas. [1] [3] [4] The James Bridges Theater at University of California, Los Angeles was named in his honor in November 1999. [5] Bridges was a faculty member there early in his career. Film