Industry News :: F/x master Stan Winston dies

06/16/08 By ASSOCIATED PRESS

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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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