He died suddenly of a heart attack on Thursday aged 83Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media GroupAlways asked why she didn't have children, Diane responded that she would have had them under different circumstances 'but I chose Mike and Mike already had three children with two other women, and he was fifty-eight when we married'Mike Nichols with Diane Sawyer, and his daughter Daisy at the 1998 premiere of his film Primary Colors in Los Angeles. The 33-year-old collaborated with Nichols on the 2004 film CloserFamous friends: Throughout his long career, Nichols has made generations of Hollywood friends. Julianne Moore: 'So very sad to hear of Mike Nichols death. A great talent, a wonderful, bright, charming human being' Steve Carrell: 'So sad to hear about the death of Mike Nichols. The death was confirmed by ABC News President James Goldston on Thursday. Pictured left in 2003 at the premiere of Angels In America with Emma Thompson and right, with Hugh Jackman at an event in 2012Diane Sawyer and Mike Nichols pictured in 1995Mike Nichols and daughter Jenny attend the Broadway Opening Night performance of Indian Ink on Broadway on September 30, 2014Portman, who was a teenager when she starred in Seagull directed by Nichols, paid tribute to him on Twitter earlier this week saying: 'He saved me again and again'Diane Sawyer and Mike Nichols pictured at a party in New York City in 1991. Their Broadway show, An Evening With Mike Nichols and Elaine May, earned them a Grammy for best comedy recording in 1961John Hamm and Jennifer Westfeldt were seen leaving the 'touching' tribute arm-in-armPublished by Associated Newspapers LtdDustin Hoffman and Katherine Ross in 1967 movie The Graduate which won director Mike Nichols an OscarDiane Sawyer, Mike Nichols with his children Max Nichols and Jenny Nichols in 1990 at an awards ceremonyShe arrived with her husband Don Grummer for the service on Saturday afternoonClose: Natalie Portman starred in Nichols' 2004 movie Closer alongside Clive Owen and Julia RobertsRenowned director Mike Nichols, pictured with his wife, news anchor Diane Sawyer, at a party in New York City on November 10. Nichols died Wednesday evening. "Mike Nichols was truly an amazing person with so much talent the loss is clearly ours. The film starred John Travolta and Emma ThompsonComedy duo: Elaine May, Mike Nichols in 1958. They left an hour laterNatalie Portman was let out of a car by her driver while wearing sunglasses as she arrived at the memorialMax Nichols, the director's son, arrived at the memorial alongside a female companionOn the set of his last movie in 2007, Charlie Wilson's War, with the late actor Philip Seymour HoffmanNichols gave Candice Bergen's career a boost by casting her in the 1971 film Carnal KnowledgeMeryl Streep arrives in the Upper East Side, New York to pay her respects at a memorial service for Mike Nichols. Mike Nichols (born Mikhail Igor Peschkowsky; November 6, 1931 – November 19, 2014) was an American film and theater director, producer, actor, and comedian.He was noted for his ability to work across a range of genres and for his aptitude for getting the … The director launched her career, when he presented a then unknown Whoopi in her own one-woman show on BroadwayEllen Barkin, who starred in Short Talks On The Universe at the Eugene O'Neill Theater directed by Nichols