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George A. Romero, creator of 'Night of the Living Dead,' dead at 77
FoxNews.com ^
| July 16, 2017
Posted on 07/17/2017 5:50:23 AM PDT by ETL
The legendary creator of the "Night of the Living Dead" zombie franchise, George A. Romero, died Sunday at the age of 77, Fox News has confirmed.
Romero died "peacefully" while sleeping after a "brief but aggressive battle with lung cancer," his manager, Chris Roe, said in a statement. The filmmaker was "listening to the score of The Quiet Man, one of his all-time favorite films" with his family by his side, the manager added.
Romero co-wrote and directed "Night of the Living Dead" in 1968, which went on to become a cult classic.
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KEYWORDS: georgeromero; nightofthelivingdead
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To: ETL
They’re dead, they’re. . . .all messed up.
To: ETL
Ha! If you don’t think zombies exist visit Berkeley.
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posted on
07/17/2017 6:37:15 AM PDT
by
Seruzawa
(FABOL)
To: BitWielder1
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posted on
07/17/2017 6:49:03 AM PDT
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steve8714
(My wife calls me Dr. Smartacus. This makes me happy.)
To: Seruzawa
I know that zombies still exist.
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posted on
07/17/2017 6:50:57 AM PDT
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ETL
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To: GodBlessRonaldReagan
They’re dead, they’re ... all messed up.Wasn’t that a line from *Return* of the Living Dead, the other film I mentioned above?
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07/17/2017 7:00:41 AM PDT
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ETL
(Obama-Hillary, the REAL Russia-US scandal (UraniumOne Deal, Missile Defense, Nukes) See my home page)
To: ETL
The Quiet Man is one of my favorite movies too.
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07/17/2017 7:09:30 AM PDT
by
homegroan
(Ambition can creep as well as soar.)
To: ETL
He played an integral role in turning Pittsburgh into the
Hollywood on the Monongahela that it is today.
I have mixed feelings about that. RIP anyway.
To: ETL
No, that's in the original NOTLD. The Sheriff is being interviewed and is asked, "Are they slow-moving Chief?" My fave scene in the movie!
Return of the Living Dead is great also. Lotsa humor in that one.
To: ETL
Still the best zombie movie.
To: ETL
I saw Dawn of the Dead when I was about 8 and was so horrified by the bikers getting their intestines eaten I wouldn’t watch it again. Finally bought it and watched it after so long and had a laugh at the bright blood, but that scene stuck with me.
To: VermithraxPejorative
I saw Dawn of the Dead when I was about 8 and was so horrified by the bikers getting their intestines eaten I wouldn’t watch it again.
Today Andrew Zimmern is on the air 30 hrs./week. How far we've come.
To: ETL
That is a great movie. Love how they mix comedy with the horror like American Werewolf in London.
To: shotgun
George never called them zombies in his movies. Though one of the interesting tropes of zombie is that zombie fiction doesn’t exist in those worlds (at least most of them), so nobody knows what they are. Unlike vampire fiction where everybody knows what vampires are.
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07/17/2017 8:21:29 AM PDT
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discostu
(You are what you is, and that's all it is, you ain't what you're not, so see what you got.)
To: ETL
Return is where the Brains thing comes from. It started as a novel sequel to Night written Russo who wrote Night, but then Russo and George split up, Russo kept the rights to “Living Dead” which is why George’s movies dropped the “Living”. Great soundtrack too.
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07/17/2017 8:28:35 AM PDT
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discostu
(You are what you is, and that's all it is, you ain't what you're not, so see what you got.)
To: discostu
Thanks. Didn’t know all that.
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07/17/2017 8:45:20 AM PDT
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ETL
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To: ETL
Is he merely dead, or really most sincerely dead?
RIP.
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posted on
07/17/2017 9:10:00 AM PDT
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left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: ETL
He can now be in the remake as an extra......
To: left that other site
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posted on
07/17/2017 9:37:13 AM PDT
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ETL
(Obama-Hillary, the REAL Russia-US scandal (UraniumOne Deal, Missile Defense, Nukes) See my home page)
To: ETL
I love the “Old” movies.
Romero was a master in his genre too.
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07/17/2017 10:56:23 AM PDT
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left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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