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The Legendary Stan Winston Has Died!
Published 6/16/2008 by Alex Billington at FirstShowing.net
... passed away last night. The news hasn't hit the mainstream sources yet, but Quint over at AICN confirmed it with a close friend of Winston. He was only 64 years old. Winston won the Oscar four times for his work on Aliens, Terminator 2, Jurassic Park, and AI and most recently worked on the brilliant visual effects in Iron Man. Winston was easily one of the greatest special effects visionaries to ever work in Hollywood and has created some of the most memorable special effects in cinematic history. This is truly a great loss and an ...

Creature / effects god Stan Winston passes away.
Published 6/16/2008 at OH NO!!
The legendary effects specialist such films as Terminator, Aliens, Predator, Monster Squad, Pumpkinhead, Iron Man, and many others passed away last night. This is a very huge loss to the film community. For more on the story, read the source below. Source.

Stan Winston (1946 - 2008)
Published 6/16/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Matthew Lucas) at From the Front Row
... , that Ain't it Cool News is reporting that legendary makeup effects wizard Stan Winston has died. Winston was the man behind the animatronic dinosaurs of Jurassic Park , the predator in Predator , The Terminator, and many other iconic creatures. This story has yet to break on Variety or any of the major news networks, so details are few and far between, but AICN seems to have substantiated the news through sources close to Winston. Another sad loss for the film community.

Stan Winston, Special Effects Master, RIP [Stan Winston]
Published 6/16/2008 by Graeme McMillan at io9
Ain't It Cool is reporting that Stan Winston, the Academy Award winning special effects artist who worked on the Terminator, Predator and Aliens movies, has died. According to the site, Winston, who had won Oscars for his work on Aliens, Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Jurassic Park, passed away early last night from cancer. [Ain't It Cool] ...

RIP Stan Winston
Published 6/16/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (JA) at my new plaid pants
... Terminator, Predator, Jurassic Park... the list really goes on and on and on. The first time I became aware of Winston was with Jurassic Park, the movie that turned me into a film geek, and as I jumped head-first into reading about the special effects on that film, there he was, standing beside an enormous T-Rex skeleton of his making. He made every kid's biggest dreams and worst nightmares real. A huge loss. Read about him some more over at AICN. ...

Stan Winston dies
Published 6/16/2008 by Ann Oldenburg at USATODAY.com - Lifeline Live
Llstanwinston You may not know his name but you know his work. News is emerging on Shock Till You Drop and Ain't It Cool that special effects and makeup guru Stan Winston died yesterday in L.A. at age 62. Slash Films says he died of cancer. (His offices in California would only take messages at this time.) Winston was best known for his work for the Terminator , Jurassic Park and Predator series, and Edward Scissorhands . The 4-time Oscar winner most recently worked on Iron Man and was special effects supervisor on the upcoming Terminator ...

Stan Winston, 1946 - 2008.
Published 6/16/2008 at GreenCine Daily
[Visual effects artist Stan Winston, t]he father of the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park, of the Terminator, of Pumpkinhead and Predator and the Monsters in Monster Squad and, of course, Aliens, has passed on. The man is a legend and created legends. Quint, Ain't It Cool News. See also: the site, the Studio and Stan Winston Productions; and Wikipedia. Comments (0) Comments on this ...

Heaven Just Got A Little More Stan Winston?
Published 6/16/2008 at Videogum
... AICN is reporting that Stan Winston, the special effects wizard behind Jurassic Park, Terminator, and Aliens has died at the age of 62. So far the only confirmation is ...

Obituary: Stan Winston (1946 - 2008)
Published 6/16/2008 by Nick Plowman at Fataculture
... well as having been nominated for “Predators,” “Edward Scissorhands,” “Heartbeeps,” “The Lost World,” “Batman Returns” and “Artificial Intelligence: AI.” As a man who became known for this behind the scenes creation of revolutionary creatures, and his work is and will always be remembered as nothing less than iconic. We recently saw his work in “Iron Man” and we will see more of his genius in the upcoming “Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins.” Rest in Peace Mr. Winston. Source: AICN

Stan Winston (1946 -- 2008)
Published 6/16/2008 at Hollywood Elsewhere
Stan Winston (1946 -- 2008) It's true -- Stan Winston is gone . I don't know what happened -- the man was only 62, for God's sake -- but man... early ! What a legend in his realm -- the top godfather-creator of cool-ass Hollywood monsters, predators, dinosaurs and various other grotesqueries for the last 20-plus years. Pretty much the dean of the school since the creation of the first Terminator in '84 up until to his stellar work on Ironman . The idea of a brilliant, energetic, super-creative guy leaving the earth at the beginning of his third act (as poor Tim Russert ...

R.I.P., Stan Winston
Published 6/16/2008 by Whitney Matheson at USATODAY.com - Pop Candy
... of special-effects master Stan Winston . Winston died Sunday of multiple myeloma. He was 62. There's a good chance the Oscar-winning artist shaped the look of at least one of your favorite movies. His resume included Jurassic Park , Terminator 2 , Aliens , Edward Scissorhands and the cult classic Monster Squad . You can learn more about him on ...