Kurt Luedtke, who won an Academy Award for the 1985 film «Out of Africa» and was nominated for an Oscar for the newspaper drama «Absence …
Kurt Luedtke, who won an Academy Award for the 1985 film «Out of Africa» and was nominated for an Oscar for the newspaper drama «Absence of Malice,» died Sunday, his wife, Eleanor, confirmed in an email. He was 80 years old. “He was brilliant, darkly witty and a ceaseless provocateur,” said former Detroit News columnist Laura Berman.
