Remembering Daniel Selznick: Iconic TV Producer and Hollywood Heir Dies at 88

By Nikki Reese | August 04, 2024
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Remembering Daniel Selznick: Iconic TV Producer and Hollywood Heir Dies at 88

Daniel Selznick, producer of "The Making of a Legend: ‘Gone with the Wind’" and "Blood Feud," has died at 88. He passed away of natural causes on Thursday at the Motion Picture Country Home in Woodland Hills, California.

Selznick, the last direct link to a famed Hollywood family, was the son of "Gone With the Wind" producer David O. Selznick and theatrical producer Irene Mayer Selznick, and the grandson of MGM co-founder Louis B. Mayer. Raised in Beverly Hills, he graduated from Harvard and also studied at the University of Geneva and Brandeis University.

In his career, Selznick worked as a production executive at Universal Studios and co-produced the award-winning 1988 documentary about his father’s classic film.