"Eichinger died aged 61 of a heart attack while having dinner with friends and family in Los Angeles, his PR agent Just Publicity announced. Among his dinner companions were his wife Katja, 38 and daughter Nina, 29."
His credits as a producer include the Resident Evil and Fantastic Four movies, Dead or Alive, The Neverending Story, The Name of the Rose, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer; Best Foreign Language Film Oscar nominees Downfall, Nowhere in Africa, and The Baader Meinhof Complex.