The horror writer/director will be remembered for his zombie movies.
Zombie movie maestro George A. Romero has died at age 77, the Los Angeles Times and Variety are reporting. The writer/director is known for his Night of the Living Dead franchise.
Since releasing his small-budget 1968 film Night of the Living Dead, Romero has put out plenty of zombie films, including Dawn of the Dead (1978) , Day of the Dead (1985) and Land of the Dead (2005) . His work has inspired a number of present-day filmmakers, many of whom took to Twitter to tweet their condolences.
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