While the world mourns Whitney Houston, you might have missed the passing of some other people who didn’t fall into the same fame-category as the Queen of Pop.
Director Zalman King died after a long battle with cancer. He was 70-years-old. You might not know him but you probably know his work. He was best known for movies like “9½ Weeks” and the Showtime series “Red Shoe Diaries.” I never knew what to make of that show. Maybe I would have enjoyed it more if I was 12-years-old and told explicitly that I wasn’t allowed to watch it.
Veteran filmmakers Andrew Wight and Mike deGruy died in a helicopter crash in Australia while working on a documentary for James Cameron. There is a horrible irony to this end – falling from the sky. Stuff they have worked on in the past included underwater documentaries for the ‘Titanic’ and ‘Avatar’ director.
And Bill Hinzman succumbed to cancer at the age of 75. He may not have been a household name, but he did almost everything in show business; cinematographer, director, producer, transportation, electrical, camera, writer, and of course actor. Hinzman is probably best known as the Graveyard Zombie, the first zombie seen on the screen in George Romero’s 1968 classic “Night of the Living Dead.” Hmm. That being said, reports of his ‘death’ might have been greatly exaggerated.
Director Zalman King died after a long battle with cancer. He was 70-years-old. You might not know him but you probably know his work. He was best known for movies like “9½ Weeks” and the Showtime series “Red Shoe Diaries.” I never knew what to make of that show. Maybe I would have enjoyed it more if I was 12-years-old and told explicitly that I wasn’t allowed to watch it.
Veteran filmmakers Andrew Wight and Mike deGruy died in a helicopter crash in Australia while working on a documentary for James Cameron. There is a horrible irony to this end – falling from the sky. Stuff they have worked on in the past included underwater documentaries for the ‘Titanic’ and ‘Avatar’ director.
And Bill Hinzman succumbed to cancer at the age of 75. He may not have been a household name, but he did almost everything in show business; cinematographer, director, producer, transportation, electrical, camera, writer, and of course actor. Hinzman is probably best known as the Graveyard Zombie, the first zombie seen on the screen in George Romero’s 1968 classic “Night of the Living Dead.” Hmm. That being said, reports of his ‘death’ might have been greatly exaggerated.
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