Zombie film maker George Romero dead at 77

[The Caspian Hare]

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Legendary filmmaker George A. Romero, father of the modern movie zombie and creator of the groundbreaking “Night of the Living Dead” franchise, has died at 77, his family said.

Romero died Sunday in his sleep following a “brief but aggressive battle with lung cancer,” according to a statement to The Times provided by his longtime producing partner, Peter Grunwald. Romero died while listening to the score of one his favorite films, 1952’s “The Quiet Man,” with his wife, Suzanne Desrocher Romero, and daughter, Tina Romero, at his side, the family said.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-me-george-romero-20170716-story.html

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[LV-426]

R.I.P.

Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead are classics

[CrimsonKing]

R.I.P. George

Though he'll be back... 

[BiffSplitkins]

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Romero died Sunday in his sleep after a “brief but aggressive battle with lung cancer,” according to a family statement to The Times provided by his longtime producing partner, Peter Grunwald. He was 77.

This entire article is a really good read. R.I.P. to the man who set the standard on zombies. 

[GlitterRose]

NO! Oh that sucks. 

He's a legend. 

[The Silver Thong]

They'er coming to get you Barbra 

Yup he was a legend well still is and I think for a long time to come. 

[Scholar4Truth]

When there is no more room in hell the dead will walk the Earth- Peter Dawn of the Dead (1978). RIP George Romero.

[Vorg]

I doubt he'll come back as a zombie. R.I.P George.

[RoofGardener]

 

8 minutes ago, South Alabam said:

I doubt he'll come back as a zombie. R.I.P George.

DAMN... you beat me to it. 

I was going to post... "He's dead....... but.... are you SURE ? "