Lynda Obst dead: Top Gun star Glenn Powell leads tributes to Hollywood legend

Lynda Obst, who produced Hollywood blockbusters including Interstellar and The Invention of Lying, died astatine her location successful Los Angeles, California astatine the property of 74

Hollywood fable Lynda Obst has died aged 74.

The movie producer, known for her roles connected Sleepless successful Seattle, Interstellar, The Invention of Lying and different movies, had been battling chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Tributes person poured successful crossed the industry, including from Top Gun prima Glenn Powell. He called Ms Obst a "true trailblazer" successful her field. The actor's tweet reads: "I interned for Lynda erstwhile I archetypal moved to LA. A existent trailblazer who ne'er missed an accidental to assistance maine learn. I’d often get to thrust her location from the bureau and witnessed idiosyncratic who took successful everything. To her, the full world was a large communicative ripe for the making. RIP."

Ms Obst, who died astatine her location successful Los Angeles, California, worked arsenic an exertion astatine The New York Times earlier turning her manus to producing successful the 1980s. Alongside Debra Hill, Ms Obst produced Adventures successful Babysitting, Heartbreak Hotel and The Fisher King.

Since splitting ways with Ms Hill, the movie shaper acceptable up her ain movie institution and worked with Ricky Gervais connected The Invention of Lying, which was released successful 2009. In 2014, Obst collaborated with manager Christopher Nolan to co-produce Interstellar, a science-fiction play starring Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway. This marked the archetypal clip her accumulation company, Lynda Obst Productions, was credited for a production.

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