Jaws star Roy Scheider dies, aged 75
Roy Scheider, the worker best known for his function as the beleaguered police force top dog Mary Martin Brody in 'Jaws', has died. He was 75.
The two-time Academy Award campaigner died of complications from multiple myeloma, a malignant neoplastic disease of the blood cells, at the Myeloma Establish for Research and Therapy at the University of Arkansas for Medical checkup Sciences in Little Tilt.
Hospital representative Leslie Elizabeth Taylor said the player had been treated there for the disease at different times over the past iI years.
Fresh Jersey-born Scheider earned his first Academy Award nomination (Best Supporting Histrion) in 1971 for 'The French Connection'.
Eight-spot years afterward he was nominated for the C. H. Best Player Oscar for his operation in 'All That Jazz'.
Among his other credits were 'Klute', 'Marathon Man', 'Still of the Night' and the TV adventure series 'SeaQuest DSV'.
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