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posted by martyb on Monday July 17 2017, @06:51AM   Printer-friendly
from the may-you-rest-in-peace...-free-of-zombies dept.

George A. Romero, Father of the Zombie Film, Dies at 77

George A. Romero, the legendary writer-director from Pittsburgh who made the 1968 cult classic Night of the Living Dead for $114,000, thus spawning an unrelenting parade of zombie movies and TV shows, has died. He was 77.

Romero, who put out five other zombie movies after a copyright blunder cost him millions of dollars in profits on his wildly popular first one, died Sunday in his sleep after a battle with lung cancer, his producing partner, Peter Grunwald, told the Los Angeles Times, which first reported the news. Romero's family confirmed his death to the newspaper as well.

Romero's manager Chris Roe posted on Facebook that the director died while "listening to the score of The Quiet Man, one of his all-time favorite films, with his wife, Suzanne Desrocher Romero, and daughter, Tina Romero, at his side. He died peacefully in his sleep, following a brief but aggressive battle with lung cancer, and leaves behind a loving family, many friends and a filmmaking legacy that has endured, and will continue to endure, the test of time."

Also at Variety.


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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by looorg on Monday July 17 2017, @10:34AM

    by looorg (578) on Monday July 17 2017, @10:34AM (#540246)

    They are leaving out the important part, did he rise again after a few minutes craving brains or did they put a slug in his skull before that?!

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