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Effects guru Stan Winston dies of cancer at 62

LOS ANGELES - Hollywood special-effects maestro Stan Winston has died at age 62.

The Oscar-winning visual effects artist died at his home Sunday evening surrounded by family after a seven-year struggle with multiple myeloma, according to a representative from Stan Winston Studio.

Winston won visual effects Oscars for 1986's "Aliens, "1992's "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" and 1993's "Jurassic Park."

Winston is survived by his wife, Karen; a son, daughter, brother and four grandchildren.

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Notable films

* Heartbeeps (1980)
* The Thing (1982)
* Friday the 13th Part III (1983)
* The Terminator (1984)
* Aliens (1986)
* The Monster Squad (1987)
* Predator (1987)
* Leviathan (1988)
* Pumpkinhead (1989)
* Edward Scissorhands (1990)
* Predator 2 (1990)
* Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
* Batman Returns (1992)
* Jurassic Park (1993)
* Interview with the Vampire (1994)
* Congo (1995)
* The Island of Doctor Moreau (1996)
* T2 3-D: Battle Across Time (1996)
* Ghosts (1997)
* The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
* Small Soldiers (1998)
* Lake Placid (1999)
* End of Days (1999)
* Pearl Harbor (2001)
* A.I. (2001)
* Jurassic Park III (2001)
* When Darkness Falls (2002)
* Big Fish (2003)
* Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
* Wrong Turn (2003)
* Constantine (2005)
* Iron Man (2008)