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Actor Roy Scheider dies at the age of 75
Actor Roy Scheider, a two-time Oscar nominee best known for his roles as a small-town police chief in "Jaws" and his portrayal of famed choreographer Bob Fosse in "All That Jazz," died on Sunday at age 75.
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- Published: 18:43 February 11, 2008
- Roy Scheider in the film All That Jazz. Scheider died on Sunday. He was 75.
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Los Angeles: Actor Roy Scheider, a two-time Oscar nominee best known for his roles as a small-town police chief in "Jaws" and his portrayal of famed choreographer Bob Fosse in "All That Jazz," died on Sunday at age 75.
Scheider died of complications from multiple myeloma, a cancer of the blood cells, a disease that he had been battling off and on for the past two years.
He earned his first Oscar nomination for his supporting role as a narcotics detective partnered with Gene Hackman in the 1971 crime drama "The French Connection."
One of his most memorable lines from the film, "You're gonna need a bigger boat," was ranked No. 35 on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest movie quotes.
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