
Daniel Selznick, TV producer and scion of legendary Hollywood family, dies at 88
Fox News
Daniel Selznick, the producer of "The Making of a Legend: ‘Gone with the Wind'" and the last direct link to a legendary Hollywood family, has died at the age of 88.
A spokesperson for the Motion Picture & Television Fund told Fox News Digital that Selznick will be remembered for his "intelligence, charm, sweetness, and generosity." Ashley Hume is an entertainment writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to ashley.hume@fox.com and on Twitter: @ashleyhume
Selznick was the younger son of famed "Gone With the Wind" producer David O. Selznick and theatrical producer Irene Mayer Selznick as well as the grandson of MGM studios co-founder Louis B. Mayer and his first wife Margaret Shenberg Mayer.
Born on May 18, 1936, Selznick was raised in Beverly Hills and graduated from Harvard University. He also attended the University of Geneva and did graduate work at Brandeis University.













