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R.I.P. Oscar-Winning VFX Artist Joe Viskocil

August 12, 2014, 09:18 AM

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Oscar-winning special effects artist Joe Viskocil, who blew up the Death Star at the end of Star Wars: A New Hope, died Monday from complications of liver and kidney failure. He was 61. Viskocil began working for George Lucas in 1975 and a year later produced the memorable blast that enabled Luke Skywalker to destroy the Death Star.

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