Charles Shyer, who earned an Oscar nomination for co-writing “Private Benjamin” and directed hit movies including “Father of the Bride” and “Baby Boom,” has died. He was 83.
On Saturday, a representative for Shyer confirmed the filmmaker’s death to Fox News Digital. His daughter Hallie Meyers-Shyer, whom he shared with his former frequent collaborator and ex-wife Nancy Meyers, told the Hollywood Reporter that her father passed away Friday at Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center following a brief illness.
“It’s with an indescribably heavy heart that we share the news of our beloved father, Charles Shyer’s passing,” the Meyers-Shyer family wrote in a statement shared with Deadline.
They continued, “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.”…