Remembering Mike Nichols


Mike Nichols, a nine-time Tony Award winner on Broadway and the Oscar-winning director, died on Wednesday at age 83. - AFP

Mike Nichols, who died on Wednesday at age 83, was one of a handful in the entertainment industry who will forever have the acronym EGOT linked to his name, having won all the major entertainment industry awards (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Awards), some multiple times.

As a tribute to his talent, here are 6 facts you probably never knew about the man who directed films such as Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?The Graduate, Catch-22, The Birdcage, Charlie Wilson's War and Angels In America for TV. 

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