Jonathan Demme, best known as the director of the Oscar-winning Silence of the Lambs, has died at the age of 73.
Indiewire reports Demme passed away from esophageal cancer and complications from heart disease, according to a source close to the family.
“He died from complications from esophageal cancer and is survived by his children Ramona, age 29, and her husband James Molloy, Brooklyn, age 26, and Jos, age 21.
Demme was never afraid of taking creative risks, of making each film a left turn from the last.