Special Effects Master Stan Winston Passes Away

[Forkboy]

Oscar-winning special effects expert Stan Winston, who created the creatures in films including Aliens and Jurassic Park, has died at the age of 62.

Winston, who also made the robots in Terminator, died at home in California surrounded by family on Sunday.

The film veteran had been battling multiple myeloma, a plasma cell cancer, for seven years, a representative of the Stan Winston Studio said.

He had worked with Steven Spielberg, James Cameron and Tim Burton.

During his 40-year career, he became a pioneer of merging real-world effects with computer imaging.

California governor and former Terminator star Arnold Schwarzenegger said: "The entertainment industry has lost a genius, and I lost one of my best friends.

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[Orrex]

1. Very sad!

To be honest, I was surprised to learn that he was so young. The amount of great work he's done would seem to require a few centuries behind the scenes, rather than a few short decades.

What a loss.

[krispos42]

2. Wow, he had his hands on a lot of stuff

One of the masters.

:-(