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| | Producer Ismail Merchant dies at 68 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) |
 | | Producer Ismail Merchant, whose adaptations of classic novels produced in collaboration with director James Ivory became virtually synonymous with literate, sumptuously appointed costume drama, died Wednesday in a London hospital. |
 | | Merchant, born in Bombay, India, was partnered with Ivory in Merchant Ivory Prods. |
 | | Merchant and Ivory had been in postproduction on their latest period film, "The White Countess," written by Ishiguro and starring Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson and Vanessa and Lynn Redgrave. |
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