Tributes as director Minghella dies at 54

TRIBUTES poured in yesterday for Oscar-winning film director Anthony Minghella who died yesterday at the age of 54.

The British director, whose films include The English Patient, Truly Madly Deeply and Cold Mountain, died in the early hours of the morning.

He suffered a fatal haemorrhage at Charing Cross Hospital in west London after last week undergoing an operation on a growth in his neck.