‘Christmas Story’ Director Dies in Fiery Crash

Posted on April 5, 2007

Bob Clark, whose film “A Christmas Story” became a seasonal fixture for its bittersweet cataloging of holiday dreams and disappointments, was killed with his son in a car crash. He was 67.
Clark and Ariel Hanrath-Clark, 22, were traveling on the Pacific Coast Highway in the Pacific Palisades when they were killed Wednesday, said Lyne Leavy, Clark’s personal assistant.
Their car was struck head-on by an SUV that a drunken driver steered into the wrong lane, police said.
“It’s a tragic day for all of us who knew and loved Bob Clark,” said Scott Schwartz, who played the flagpole-licking character Flick in “A Christmas Story” and kept in touch with Clark over the years. “Bob was a fun-lovin’, jelly-roll kinda guy who will be sorely missed.”
The driver of the other vehicle, Hector Velazquez-Nava, 24, of Los Angeles was arrested and booked for investigation of driving under the influence of alcohol [...]

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