&lt;div class=&#34;meta image-caption&#34;&gt;&lt;div class=&#34;origin-logo origin-image &#34;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;&#47;span&gt;&lt;&#47;div&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;caption-text&#34;&gt;British film director Ken Russell at a reception to launch the film &#38;#34;The Boy Friend&#38;#34;, in London, England, in this file photo dated April 22, 1971.  Ken Russell died Monday Nov. 28, 2011.  He was 84. Russell, whose daring and sometimes outrageous films often tested the patience of audiences and critics, his films included &#38;#34;The Music Lovers&#38;#34; in 1970, &#38;#34;Lisztomania&#38;#34;, and the rock opera &#38;#34;Tommy&#38;#34; in 1975. &#38;#40;AP Photo&#38;#47;Bob Dear, file&#38;#41; &#40;AP Photo&#38;#47; bob dear&#41;&lt;&#47;span&gt;&lt;&#47;div&gt;