Saturday 21 June 2008

Oscar-winning special-effects guru Stan Winston dies at 62

LOS ANGELES — 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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