At this time we have obtained phrase through the leaders of the make-up FX neighborhood that particular results make-up legend Greg Cannom has handed away on the age of 74.
Cannom’s profession started within the late Nineteen Seventies on movies like It Lives Once more and The Fury, earlier than it expanded to movies like Vamp and the third Nightmare on Elm Road movie, and finally landed him within the annals of horror historical past when he created the make-up results for movies like The Misplaced Boys, The Exorcist III, Alien 3, Idle Palms, Hannibal, and plenty of, many extra. His most up-to-date credit score was because the co-designer of the prosthetics for The Eyes of Tammy Faye, the autobiographical movie starring Jessica Chastain because the frenetic televangelist.
Over the course of his profession, Greg Cannom gained 4 Academy Awards: three for Greatest Make-up, for Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Mrs. Doubtfire, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and one for Greatest Make-up and Hairstyling for Vice. He was additionally awarded a Technical Achievement Award by the Academy in 2005. His work additionally gained him two Saturn Awards for The Misplaced Boys and Benjamin Button, and three awards from the Make-Up and Hair Stylists Guild.
Two years in the past, Selection reported {that a} GoFundMe had been arrange for Cannom, who on the time was experiencing “main well being points,” together with a case of nerve injury from shingles and a partial amputation of certainly one of his legs. The fundraiser did finally elevate $100,000 for the artist, surpassing its preliminary objective of $75,000.
We at FANGORIA ship our condolences to Cannom’s family and friends at this troublesome time.
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