ABBY MANN, writer of socially-conscious scripts for movies and television and winner of the 1961 Academy Award for adapted screenplay for Judgment at Nuremberg, has died aged 80. The cause of death was not given.

RICHARD WIDMARK, who made a sensational film debut as the giggling killer in Kiss of Death and became a Hollywood leading man and star in more than 40 films, has died after a long illness. He was 93.

Hollywood actor Richard Widmark, who often portrayed killers, cops and Western gunslingers, has died after a long illness. He was 93.