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DATE: TUESDAY, November 23, 1993                   TAG: 9311230201
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times
DATELINE: HOLLYWOOD                                LENGTH: Short

"DIRTY DANCING" DIRECTOR DIES AT 50

Emile Ardolino, who won an Oscar for the dance documentary "He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' " and went on to direct the hit movies "Dirty Dancing," which was filmed at Mountain Lake, and "Sister Act," has died at the age of 50.

Ardolino died Saturday of AIDS at his Los Angeles home, his Ardolino Productions company announced.

Ardolino's film version of the George Balanchine ballet "Nutcracker" is scheduled for release Wednesday.

His final project was a film production of "Gypsy" starring Bette Midler, which is to be shown on CBS on Dec. 12 and in theaters after that.

by CNB