<img title="Jonathan Demme" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2017/apr/Jonathan-Demme.jpg" alt="Jonathan Demme" /> Jonathan&nbsp;Demme. File Pic/AFP
Movie director Jonathan&nbsp;Demme, best known for "The Silence of the Lambs" has died at the&nbsp;age of 73, his publicist said on Wednesday.&nbsp;
Demme, who also directed the Oscar winning film "Philadelphia," was suffering from esophageal cancer, publicist&nbsp;Annalee Paulo said in a statement. She said he died in New York&nbsp;on Wednesday morning surrounded by his family.
"Jonathan passed away early this morning in his Manhattan apartment, surrounded by his wife, Joanne Howard, and three&nbsp;children. He died from complications from esophageal cancer,"&nbsp;Paulo said.
Demme's most recent film was the 2015 comedy "Ricki and the Flash," starring Meryl Streep as an ageing rocker.
New York-born Demme won the directing Oscar for the 1991 thriller "The Silence of the Lambs", which also won Oscars for&nbsp;best picture and for its stars Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster.&nbsp;
Demme's work was wide ranging, including comedy and thrillers to groundbreaking fare like 1993 film "Philadelphia,"&nbsp;which was one of the first mainstream Hollywood movies to tackle&nbsp;the AIDS crisis. The movie brought an Oscar for Tom Hanks.
He also directed concert and music documentaries for the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Kenny Chesney and Neil Young, the&nbsp;Talking Heads, and more recently, "Justin Timberlake + the&nbsp;Tennessee Kids."
Other notable films include the 2008 independent drama "Rachel Getting Married," "The Manchurian Candidate" (2004) and 1988 comedy "Married to the Mob."&nbsp;
Paulo said the funeral for Demme would be private and that in lieu of flowers the family had asked that donations be made&nbsp;to the group Americans For Immigrant Justice, in Miami, Florida.&nbsp;

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