The director of the cult comedy “The Naked Gun” has died

On November 26, the famous Hollywood screenwriter and director Jim Abrahams died. He died at home in Santa Monica. As the director’s son said, the 80-year-old author of popular comedies died of natural causes.

The director is known for many of his works. He worked with Jerry and David Zucker on a number of hit films. In particular, he has the disaster film “Airplane!”, the comedy “The Naked Gun” and others.

A successful film for Abrahams was the 1991 film “Hot Shots!” starring Charlie Sheen. He also co-wrote the script for the 2006 film “Scary Movie 4”.

The director and his wife Nancy were also co-founders of The Charlie Foundation, which helps treat childhood epilepsy with a ketogenic diet, as his son Charlie had a severe form of the disease.