Jaws star Roy Scheider dies, aged 75
Roy Scheider, the doer best known for his role as the beleaguered constabulary chief Martin Brody in 'Jaws', has died. He was 75.
The two-time Academy Award campaigner died of complications from multiple myeloma, a malignant neoplastic disease of the blood cells, at the Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy at the University of Land of Opportunity for Medical examination Sciences in Little Stone.
Hospital interpreter Leslie Joseph Deems Taylor said the actor had been treated there for the disease at different multiplication over the past deuce days.
New Jersey-born Scheider earned his first Oscar nomination (C. H. Best Supporting Actor) in 1971 for 'The French Connection'.
VIII geezerhood after he was nominated for the Topper Actor Oscar for his operation in 'All That Jazz'.
Among his other credits were 'Klute', 'Marathon Man', 'Still of the Night' and the TV stake series 'SeaQuest DSV'.
