Richard Leacock, Famed Documentary Film Maker, Dead at 89

On a day overshadowed by the dealth of Elizabeth Taylor, we wanted to pause and remember the passing of famed documentary film maker Richard Lealock.  A pioneer of Direct Cinema and Cinéma Vérité.  Richard Leacok, known to his friends as Ricky, died earlier today in Paris. He was 89 and had been ill for some time.