Apologies for the double update, but I'm hearing that Satoshi Kon (director of Paranoia Agent, Perfect Blue, Millennium Actress, etc.) has died. Can't find any news source on this at the moment; apparently some friends of Kon's in the anime industry are on Twitter expressing their condolences, and that's where people are getting their information from.
Hopefully this isn't true, but if it is ... damn. 46 is too young to go, and he was an amazingly talented guy, too. :(
EDIT: Apparently there had been some information earlier in the day about an important director at Madhouse dying, and it's just now that people are confirming that it's Kon. I'll wait until ANN or some similar news source completely confirms the story, but for now it's looking like Satoshi Kon is actually dead. Terrible.
EDIT2: The staff of Otakon -- which is known to have a strong relationship with Masao Maruyama, the head of Madhouse -- has confirmed the veracity of the reports. There's no official cause of death yet (some rumors are saying cancer, but I don't believe that quite yet); however, that Satoshi Kon is dead seems set in stone now.
EDIT3: ANN is also sourcing the Otakon announcement of Satoshi Kon's death. If that isn't official, then I don't know what is.
