Edward S. "Ted" Haworth — the Academy Award–winning production designer whose career stretched from the early 1950s through 1992 and who created the look for landmark films from Marty (1955) to Sayonara (Oscar, 1957), Some Like It Hot (1959) and The Longest Day (1962) — suffered a catastrophic turn at the end of his life. After settling in Sundance, Utah, in 1973 and remaining a working designer through the late 20th century, Haworth was involved in an automobile accident in December 1992. The collision led to a cerebral blood clot, and despite surviving the initial trauma he never recovered; he died three months later, on February 18, 1993, at age 75. The accident abruptly closed a six‑decade arc in which he had been credited on more than fifty films and had earned one Oscar and five more nominations.
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Ted Haworth's Final Turn: A December 1992 Auto Accident and the Blood Clot That Ended an Oscar‑Winning Career
Ted Haworth / 1990s
Edward S. "Ted" Haworth — the Academy Award–winning production designer whose career stretched from the early 1950s through 1992 and who created the look for landmark films from Marty (1955) to Sayonara (Oscar, 1957), Some Like It Hot (1959) and The Longest Day (1962) — suffered a catastrophic turn at the end of his life. After settling in Sundance, Utah, in 1973 and remaining a working designer through the late 20th century, Haworth was involved in an automobile accident in December 1992. The collision led to a cerebral blood clot, and despite surviving the initial trauma he never recovered; he died three months later, on February 18, 1993, at age 75. The accident abruptly closed a six‑decade arc in which he had been credited on more than fifty films and had earned one Oscar and five more nominations.
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