George W. George, 87, a film and theatrical producer whose credits include the acclaimed film “My Dinner With Andre” as well as a run of successful Broadway productions, died Nov. 7 in Manhattan, his daughter Jennifer said.
George produced “My Dinner With Andre” with Beverly Karp in 1981. The film, directed by Louis Malle, consists almost entirely of dialogue between Andre Gregory and Wallace Shawn playing old acquaintances who discuss life, art and reality over a long dinner at a posh restaurant.
“Andre” made more than $5 million in the United States, a respectable box office at the time for a low- budget independent film.
George made his debut as a film producer with the 1957 documentary “The James Dean Story,” which he produced and directed with Robert Altman. Other films he produced included “Night Watch” (1973), starring Elizabeth Taylor, and “Rich Kids” (1979), written by George’s wife, Judith Ross George.
George Warren Goldberg was born Feb. 8, 1920, in Manhattan to Irma Seeman and the cartoonist Rube Goldberg, best known for his whimsical depictions of machines that perform simple tasks in amusingly complex ways.
During World War II, Rube Goldberg often received hate mail for his political cartoons, Jennifer George said, and to protect his sons, Thomas and George, he insisted that they change their surnames. Thomas chose George, and George did the same, wanting to keep a sense of family cohesiveness.
Marshall E. Sanders, 90, a retired Air Force colonel who headed the service’s military education program and later concentrated on preparedness for nuclear accidents and emergencies, died of cancer Oct. 12 at his home in McLean, Va.
Sanders spent 20 years in the Air Force before retiring in 1970 as deputy commandant of the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. For three years, he oversaw the administrative activities of the large university system that provides education and training for Air Force and Defense Department personnel.
After retiring from the Air Force, Sanders worked for the Office of Emergency Preparedness in the executive office of the president, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
In his second career, he focused on preparedness for peacetime nuclear accidents and emergencies involving other hazardous materials, relatives said.
