Richard Donner, Director of 'Superman' and 'Lethal Weapon,' Dead at 91 The filmmaker's passing was confirmed by his wife Lauren Schuler Donner Emily Zemler, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Superman, Lethal Weapon, and The Goonies, died on Monday. Donner’s wife, film producer Lauren Shuler Donner confirmed the director’s death to Deadline, but did not reveal a cause of death. He was 91. The director’s debut feature was 1961’s X-15, starring Charles Bronson and Mary Tyler Moore, which he followed with several films, including The Omen in 1976. That film, which starred Gregory Peck and Lee Remick, was considered the filmmaker’s breakthrough feature, leading to his helming of