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Helicopter crash kills acclaimed filmmakers
American cinematographer Mike deGruy and Australian TV writer-producer Andrew Wight have died in a helicopter crash in eastern Australia, their employer National Geographic said.
The pair died on Saturday when their helicopter crashed soon after take-off from an airstrip near Nowra, 97 miles north of Sydney.
National Geographic and Titanic director James Cameron confirmed the victims’ identities in a joint statement that said “the deep-sea community lost two of its finest” with the deaths of the two underwater documentary specialists.
DeGruy, 60, had won multiple awards for cinematography. Wight, 52, was the writer-producer of the hit 3D movie Sanctum.
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