Hollywood director Charles Shyer has died on the age of 83.
The daddy-of-four, famed for guiding the 1991 remake of “Father of the Bride,” died Friday in Los Angeles, his youngsters confirmed in an announcement to Selection.
“It’s with an indescribably heavy heart that we share the news of our beloved father, Charles Shyer’s passing,” they said.
“His loss leaves an unfillable hole in our lives, but his legacy lives on through his children and the five decades of wonderful work he’s left behind. We honor the extraordinary life he led and know there will never be another quite like him.”
Shyer tied the knot with rom-com author Nancy Meyers in 1980 however the two in the end divorced in 1999.
Shyer is survived by his daughters Annie Meyers-Shyer, 44, Hallie Meyers-Shyer, 37, and Sophia Shyer, 18, and son Jacob, 18.
His reason for dying has not but been revealed.
Shyer and Meyers, who have been married for 19 years, collaborated on a slew of iconic initiatives in the course of the Eighties and Nineteen Nineties. The 2 famously wrote “Private Benjamin” collectively in 1980, which earned a nod on the 53th Academy Awards for unique screenplay.
Throughout the director’s profession, he acquired crucial acclaim for guiding “Baby Boom” which starred Diane Keaton, “Father of the Bride” that includes Kimberly Williams and Steve Martin and “Irreconcilable Differences” in 1984.
