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VFX model-making pioneer Grant McCune dies

December 30, 2010 by Thomas J. McLean 2 Comments divider image

Grant McCune, a pioneer in model-making for visual effects who won an Oscar for his work on the original Star Wars, has died at the age of 67. McCune crafted models for many of the big feature films of the late 1970s and 1980s, as well as on television projects [...]

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