Director Blake Edwards of 'Pink Panther' dies. kabc. By ABC7. ... SANTA MONICA, Calif. Edwards died of complications from pneumonia on Wednesday night at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica.

Blake Edwards, the director and writer known for clever dialogue, poignance and occasional belly-laugh sight gags in "Breakfast at Tiffany's," "10" and the "Pink Panther" farces, is dead at age 88.

UPDATED: Blake Edwards, whose magical slapstick direction was the guiding force behind the Pink Panther series, died Wednesday night from complications of pneumonia at St. John’s Health Center ...

Although best known as a maker of comedies, the great American filmmaker Blake Edwards, who was born in Tulsa, Okla., in 1922 and died in 2010, consistently toggled between genres.

Welcome "to Saturday Night at the Movies." I'm your host, Glenn Holland. Tonight's movie is "The Pink Panther", co-written and directed by Blake Edwards and released in 1963.

Why Blake Edwards? Why not. The "Pink Panther" guru has delivered nearly 50 films in 50 years. And while several of his pics have amassed multiple Oscar nominations, he has yet to take home a statue.

Blake Edwards, the director and writer known for clever dialogue, poignance and occasional belly-laugh sight gags in "Breakfast at Tiffany's," "10" and the "Pink Panther" farces, is dead at age 88.

Director, writer and producer Blake Edwards, who made more than 40 films including the classic "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and the "Pink Panther" comedies, has died from complications of pneumonia at ...

LOS ANGELES -- Blake Edwards, the director and writer known for clever dialogue, poignance and occasional belly-laugh sight gags in "Breakfast at Tiffany's," "10" and the "Pink Panther" farces, is ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Blake Edwards, the director and writer known for clever dialogue, poignance and occasional belly-laugh sight gags in "Breakfast at Tiffany's," ''10" and the "Pink Panther" farces, ...

LOS ANGELES -- Blake Edwards, the director and writer known for clever dialogue, poignance and occasional belly-laugh sight gags in "Breakfast at Tiffany's," "10" and the "Pink Panther" farces, is ...