Jamie Blanks, director of late-’90s and early-2000s slasher films Urban Legend and Valentine, has died. He was 54.
Blanks’s family confirmed his death in a statement posted to social media on Friday, revealing that he died suddenly on March 20 at his home in Melbourne, Australia.
“His death was unexpected, despite some ill health in recent years, and comes at a time when Jamie was preparing to direct another film. He was still very active supporting other filmmakers and developing his own projects,” the statement reads in part. “Anyone who was lucky to know Jamie was immediately struck by his talent, kindness, humanity, generosity of spirit and boundless enthusiasm for what he did in life, but also — so importantly — for the people around him. This big, beautiful heart of his eventually gave way.”
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