{
  "id": 16902110,
  "title": "Peter Medak Dies: ‘The Ruling Class’ & ‘Romeo Is Bleeding’ Director Was 88",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/peter-medak-dies-the-ruling-class-romeo-is-bleeding-director-was-88",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-28T13:24:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/10/peter-medak-dead-1237207019/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Peter Medak, the award-winning Hungarian-British film and television director with a career spanning six decades and credits including The Changeling starring George C. Scott, Romeo Is Bleeding with Gary Oldman and The Krays starring Martin and Gary Kemp, died Tuesday, October 27 in Los Angeles. He was 88. His death was announced by family. Though […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Hollywood Reporter",
        "title": "Peter Medak, Director of ‘The Ruling Class’ and ‘The Changeling,’ Dies at 88",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/peter-medak-director-of-the-ruling-class-and-the-changeling-dies-at-88",
        "published": "2026-10-28T12:39:43.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "Peter Medak, Director of ‘The Changeling’ and ‘The Krays,’ Dies at 88",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/peter-medak-director-of-the-changeling-and-the-krays-dies-at-88",
        "published": "2026-10-28T14:18:35.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}