Daniel Selznick, TV producer and scion of legendary Hollywood family, dies at 88

Daniel Selznick, the producer of "The Making of a Legend: ‘Gone with the Wind'" and "Blood Feud" who was the last direct connection to an iconic Hollywood family, has died. He was 88.

Selznick died of natural causes on Thursday at the retirement community Motion Picture Country Home in Woodland Hills, California, where he lived for many years, Fox News Digital confirmed.

A spokesperson for the Motion Picture & Television Fund told Fox News Digital that Selznick will be remembered for his "intelligence, charm, sweetness, and generosity."

Selznick was the younger son of famed "Gone With the Wind" producer David O. Selznick and theatrical producer Irene Mayer Selznick as well as the grandson of MGM studios co-founder Louis B. Mayer and his first wife Margaret Shenberg Mayer.

Born on May 18, 1936, Selznick was raised in Beverly Hills and graduated from Harvard University. He also attended the University of Geneva and did graduate work at Brandeis University. 

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Selznick followed in his famous family's footsteps and embarked on a career in the entertainment industry. He was a production executive at Universal Studios for four years and went on to produce the 1988 documentary "The Making of a Legend: ‘Gone with the Wind" alongside his late older brother Jeffrey Selznick.

The documentary, which won a Peabody Award, chronicled the making of their father's Academy Award-winning 1939 movie "Gone with the Wind," which was filmed when Jeffrey was six and Selznick was three.

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Selznick's father also produced the Oscar-winning 1940 film "Rebecca" and a slew of other classics including, "The Prisoner of Zenda," "A Star Is Born," "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," "Spellbound" and "Duel in the Sun." 

His mother produced the original Broadway production of "A Streetcar Named Desire," starring Marlon Brando and Jessica Tandy. She was nominated for a Tony Award for producing the 1995 play "The Chalk Garden."

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Selznick produced the TV movies "Blood Feud" and "Night Drive" as well as "Reagan’s Way: Pathway to the Presidency," which he also directed. He also produced the 1987 miniseries "Hoover vs. the Kennedys: The Second Civil War."

For several years, Selznick served as the director of the nonprofit organization Louis B. Mayer Foundation. He was also a successful theatrical producer whose credits included the play "The Man with the Perfect Wife" starring his stepmother, Academy Award-winning actress Jennifer Jones.

While he was living at the Motion Picture Country Home, Selznick penned a memoir about his Hollywood experiences titled "Walking With Kings," which will be published next year by Alfred Knopf.

Per his obituary, Selznick, who was married three times, has no immediate survivors.

Georgia activist steals the show after being introduced by Trump at Atlanta rally: 'Incredible'

A Georgia activist stole the show after being introduced by former President Trump at his rally in Atlanta Saturday.

Trump invited Michaelah Montgomery up on stage toward the end of his speech at the Georgia State University Convocation Center. He introduced Montgomery by explaining he met her at a restaurant this year.

Trump said Montgomery, who attended Clark Atlanta University, had recognized him in public and commended him for funding historically Black colleges and universities.

"She looks at me, says 'It's President Trump. You saved my college.' And I said, 'How the hell do you know that?' ... This one is so smart, so sharp," Trump recalled.

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"She grabbed me. She gave me a kiss," he added. "I said, 'I think I'm never going back home to the first lady.'" 

"You were supposed to keep that quiet," Montgomery laughed.

The former president commended Montgomery, describing her as "incredible" with a "tremendous future," and told her he would do "whatever I can to help you," before giving her the podium.

"I do want to add on to some of the remarks that were made by others," the conservative activist began. "And we do need to do our best to get the message out there. The fight is nothing if all we do is talk about it amongst ourselves."

Montgomery added that she was a founder of an organization called Conserve the Culture, which helps "mobilize the HBCU students so that they may get this [conservative] message."

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"Nobody needs this message more than my folks, so do y'all care for real?" Montgomery said to the cheering audience. "Are y'all with us for real?

"I'ma give it back to Big T."

The rally took place days after Trump was criticized by the White House for statements he made at the recent National Association of Black Journalists convention about Vice President Kamala Harris' racial identity.

"She was always of Indian heritage, and she was only promoting Indian heritage," Trump said. "I didn't know she was Black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn Black. And now she wants to be known as Black. So, I don't know, is she Indian or is she Black?"

On Wednesday, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson praised Trump for "answering tough questions" at the conference.

"I commend my friend @realdonaldtrump for going into a hostile environment at @NABJ today and answering tough questions," Carson said in a post on X.

Fox News Digital reached out to the Trump campaign, but did not immediately hear back.