Morto all'età di 77 anni George A. Romero (1940 - 2017), il celebre regista statunitense. Secondo quanto inizialmente dichiarato dal Los Angeles Times che ha citato il produttore Peter Grunwald, Romero è morto nel sonno il 16 luglio, all'età di 77 anni, per un cancro ai polmoni contro cui combatteva da tempo.
In 1968 Romero directed the cult film Night of the Living Dead, the first installment of the living dead quadrilogy. The '68 film was joined by. Dawn of the Dead (1978), Day of the Dead (1985) e Land of the Dead (2005). Instead, they constitute a separate saga Diary of the Dead (2007) and Survival of the Dead (2009).
The director was involved in several horror projects such as Road of the Dead (directed by Matt Birman), in which he appeared as producer and screenwriter. The story of Birman's film relates back to that of Survival of the Dead, l'ultimo film diretto dal compianto regista.
Last year, George A. Romero received. his star on the Walk of Fame. We also recall that in April 2016 the director was a guest in Italy at the Cinema Moderno in Lucca during the Lucca Film Festival.
