• Grant McCune dies at 67, last Monday
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[url]http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/story/2010/12/30/grant-mccune-obit.html[/url] [quote] Grant McCune, a special effects artist who earned an Oscar for his work on the 1977 film Star Wars, has died. He was 67. McCune died Monday at his home in Hidden Hills, Calif., of pancreatic cancer. McCune created scenes with miniatures, models and special effects for dozens of movies, including Spaceballs, Ghostbusters II and 2008's Rambo. He began in special effects in 1975 when he and friend Bill Shourt were hired to make a giant white shark model for Steven Spielberg's Jaws.[/quote] Best known for : The shark from Jaws, and R2D2. Also did effects for Spaceballs and Ghostbusters II Your special effects will be missed.
Damn, he was involved in some of the most awesome movies.
R2-D2's father died. :saddowns:
Loved the movies he was involved in. I do have one complaint though. The explosion of the death star in A New Hope looks (and still looked) kind of bad compared to the rest of the movie's effects
God damnit. First day of 2011 and already a celebrity dies.
I guess this round's over then? Leslie Nielsen, Bobby Farrel, and now Grant McCune. :( They always come in 3's..
Hollywood has lost someone special.
Who?
He will be missed :c
[QUOTE=xxncxx;27149875]Who?[/QUOTE] Easiest way to find out if someone read the article or any of the posts, I mean for fucks sake man it says who the hell he is and what he did in the OP.
[QUOTE=AaronM202;27144222]God damnit. First day of 2011 and already a celebrity dies.[/QUOTE] he died last year
Grant who? Oh, that Grant... Rest in peace you miserable old fogey. You were one of the first to make me cower in fear behind the couch.
[QUOTE=AaronM202;27144222]God damnit. First day of 2011 and already a celebrity dies.[/QUOTE] People die everyday. What does it matter if a celebrity dies? They're just humans. They don't even fucking know you.
[QUOTE=BANNED USER;27151183]Easiest way to find out if someone read the article or any of the posts, I mean for fucks sake man it says who the hell he is and what he did in the OP.[/QUOTE] Easiest way to be a douchebag is to ignore the fact that maybe some people don't know every fucking celebrity in the world.
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