Archive for Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Obit-StanWinston
Hollywood special-effects maestro Stan Winston has died at age 62.
The Oscar-winning visual effects artist died at his home Sunday evening surrounded by family after a seven-year struggle with multiple myeloma, according to a representative from Stan Winston Studio.
Winston won visual effects Oscars for 1986’s “Aliens, “1992’s “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” and 1993’s “Jurassic Park.”
Winston is survived by his wife, Karen; a son, daughter, brother and four grandchildren.
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