The LA Times brings word that legendary horror filmmaker George A. Romero passed away earlier today at the age of 77. Romero’s producing partner tells the outlet that he died after a “brief but aggressive battle with lung cancer” and passed away while listening to the score of one his favorite films, 1952’s The Quiet Man, with his wife, Suzanne Desrocher Romero, and daughter, Tina Romero, at his side.
