News Richard Donner, iconic director of ‘Superman,’ ‘Goonies,’ and ‘Lethal Weapon,’ dies at 91 July 5, 2021July 6, 2021 Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY Comments Off on Richard Donner, iconic director of ‘Superman,’ ‘Goonies,’ and ‘Lethal Weapon,’ dies at 91 Richard Donner, who directed some of the most iconic movies of the 1970s and '80s, including the modern superhero movie "Superman," is dead at 91.