SANTA FE, N.M. — Thomas Stanford, who was known for his award-winning editing work on “West Side Story,” has died.
He was 93.
His family says in a newspaper announcement published Friday that Stanford died Dec. 23. They did not provide any details about the cause of death, saying only that he had a “long and happy life.”
Born in Germany and educated in Switzerland and England, he moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1987 following a decades-long career as a film editor in Hollywood.
He earned credits for more than two dozen films and television movies.
He received an Oscar in 1962 for his work on “West Side Story.
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He is survived by his partner Sherry Bendickson; daughter Nina Mullan and her husband Brendt and their children; and son Adam Stanford and his wife Lyn.