RIP Stan Winston

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at 62, after a 7-year struggle with multiple myeloma. Stan was always at the forefront of his craft, and was one of the very best at figuring out how to blend mechanical effects with CGI. The Iron Man suits, for example, were incredible works of mechanical engineering (from what I've heard, many of the opening and closing effects of the suit were not CGI, but actual mechanical effects). A brilliant guy who brought his childlike sense of wonder and enthusiasm to every project he worked on. A friend of mine was given one of the Predator suits by Stan, just because he expressed an admiration for it while he was delivering some stuff to Stan's studio. By all reports a genuinely nice guy.