# Ismail Merchant dies

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ismail-merchant-dies/305639>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 26, 2005, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ismail-merchant-dies/305639 "2005-05-26T18:37:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ismail-merchant-dies/305639/1 "2005-05-26T18:37:56Z")

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[link](http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/05/052605obit.htm)

Died at home surrounded by family and friends, at age 68.

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**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ismail-merchant-dies/305639/2 "2005-05-26T19:18:58Z")

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I already done kil’t him yesterday, to be met with overwhelming lack of interest.

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**Author:** ![Torgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ismail-merchant-dies/305639/3 "2005-05-26T19:25:10Z")

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> [@Eve](#):
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> I already done kil’t him yesterday, to be met with overwhelming lack of interest.

Perhaps a revamped thread title is in order:  
\*\*The Remains of the Producer

Ismail’s End

A Tomb with a View\*\*

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**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ismail-merchant-dies/305639/4 "2005-05-26T19:26:29Z")

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That is too bad.

He made some really good films.

Are he and Ivory partners or friends or what?  
Sad to think that there won’t be another Merchant and Ivory film…

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**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ismail-merchant-dies/305639/5 "2005-05-26T20:32:48Z")

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Hey. my thread title was [Ivory in Black](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=318244), which I thought was pretty clever.

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**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ismail-merchant-dies/305639/6 "2005-05-27T10:20:49Z")

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I’m sorry to hear this. The man produced some of my favorite movies: _Room with a View_, _Maurice_, _Howard’s End_.

I’ll watch them this weekend, as a sort of commemorative.

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**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ismail-merchant-dies/305639/7 "2005-05-27T13:49:41Z")

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I’m sorry too. _Remains of the Day_ is one of my favorite movies.

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**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ismail-merchant-dies/305639/8 "2005-05-27T14:27:48Z")

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Another vote for Remains of the Day.

Eve, “Ivory in Black” IS a good title, but I gotta admit that I may well have passed that by without a clue as to what you meant.