Veteran American/British screenwriter David Seidler has died at the age of 86. Seidler won the 2010 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for "The King's Speech," which also won Best Picture, Director and Actor at that year's Oscars. He has also contributed to many films and

1905 Movie Network News According to foreign media reports, senior screenwriter David Seidler passed away at the age of 86. According to his agent, David Seidler passed away on March 16, local time, while on a fishing trip in New Zealand. David Seidler won the 2010 Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for "The King's Speech". The film also won the Best Picture, Director and Actor at the Oscars that year. He has also written scripts for many films and TV series such as "Onassis: The Richest Man", "Subversion of the Directive", "Entrepreneurship", "Stage Love" and "Days of Our Lives".