Edwards was married to Patricia Walker from 1953 unti they divorced in 1967. But the exact cause and place of death were not immediately clear. He lived in Los Angeles, California. No cause of death was listed, but I’m leaning towards BMX joust accident or hangglider crash. Motion Picture Director, Screenwriter, Producer. He had 3 daughters and 1 son. Death.

His mother married again, to Jack McEdwards, who became his stepfather. Director Blake Edwards, who was known for his films Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Victor/Victoria, and The Pink Panther series starring Peter Sellers, has … Edwards, 57, was arrested shortly after midnight at his plush high-rise apartment in Marina del Rey, Sgt. Legendary director Blake Edwards, director of such films as 10, The Pink Panther, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Victor/Victoria, and Skin Deep, has died (more thorough obit here).He was 88. His father reportedly left the family before he was born. It might have stayed that way if it hadn’t been for Blake’s will, which left her entire estate, $400,000, to PAWS. LOS ANGELES (AP) - Blake Edwards, the director and writer known for clever dialogue, poignance and occasional belly-laugh sight gags in "Breakfast at … ... writing the theme for "The Phil Donahue Show" and music for the Blake Edwards film … Blake Edwards was born William Blake Crump on July 26, 1922, in Tulsa, OK. His parents divorced when he was young and his mother remarried to Jack McEdwards, a production manager in Hollywood. Lastly he married Julie Andrews from 1969 until his death in 2010. Edwards died on December 15, 2010 from pneumonia in a hospital in Santa Monica, California, he was 88 years old. Born William Blake Crump July 26, 1922, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, he was the son of Donald and Lillian (Grommett) Crump (1897–1992). He is best remembered for the Pink Panther film series. Movie Monday: Blake Edwards Dies at 88 No time for movies last week with all our holiday stuff going on, but I just read that Blake Edwards, the famous Hollywood writer/director and husband to Julie Andrews, died last week from pneumonia at age 88. Born William Blake Crump, his parents divorced while he was a child, and his mother would remarry to Jack McEdwards, a Hollywood production manager and son of noted movie director J. Gordon Edwards. Ken Meier said. Early life.

Although Nishimura listed AIDS as the cause of her death, it was not made public.