"Halloween" producer Moustapha Akkad dead

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AMMAN, Jordan (CNN) -- The Syrian-American filmmaker best known for producing the "Halloween" series of horror movies died Friday from injuries sustained when suicide bombers attacked three hotels here, sources said.

Moustapha Akkad, and his daughter, Rima Akkad Monla, 34, were killed by the blasts, according to the U.S. State Department and a spokeswoman for Trancas International, his film studio. Monla, who also had dual citizenship and lived in Beirut, Lebanon, died Wednesday in the attacks that took 60 lives, including those of the three suicide bombers.

The two reportedly were attending a wedding reception at the Radisson hotel, where the first and deadliest of the blasts took place. Akkad and his daughter are two of the three Americans killed in the attacks.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/11/amman.filmmaker/index.html

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To bad,I just read it. RIP...