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Ray Harryhausen dies at 92; special-effects legend

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Ray Harryhausen dies at 92; special-effects legend

The ultimate creator of movie monsters is gone. The prolific visual effects artist, and creator of our epic fantasy dreams, Ray Harryhausen, has died.

By 1938 Ray Harryhausen had left school, bought his confess camera and had converted his father's garage into a film studio. He also started to enrol in a wide diversity of night classes which he believed would be of use in film making, first attending a film

His death was announced by the Ray and Diana Harryhausen Foundation in a statement. Harryhausen, who was described as “truly unique in the description of movies as a special effects technician” by director John Landis, brought models to life – from

In 1933, the 13-year-ancient Ray Harryhausen saw King Kong at the cinema and was hooked – not only by Kong, who was clearly not just a man in a gorilla suit, but also by the dinosaurs. He came out of the theatre "stunned and haunted. They looked absolutely

Legendary filmmaker Ray Harryhausen, who made the still dazzling special effects in movies like 1963's Jason and the Argonauts and 1981's Clash of the Titans, died in London. He was 92. Harryhausen was the undisputed master of stop-motion animation

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