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Anthony Minghella, the Oscar-winning director of The English Patient, The Talented Mr. Ripley and Cold Mountain, has died. He was only 54. The cause of his death has not been released. He was most recently in Botswana filming The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. [AP]