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Bob Juch
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RIP Run Run Shaw

#1 Post by Bob Juch » Tue Jan 07, 2014 7:09 am

Run Run Shaw, the colorful Hong Kong media mogul whose name was synonymous with low-budget Chinese action and horror films — and especially with the wildly successful kung fu genre, which he is largely credited with inventing — died on Tuesday at his home in Hong Kong. He was 106.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/07/movie ... .html?_r=0
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Re: RIP Run Run Shaw

#2 Post by silverscreenselect » Tue Jan 07, 2014 8:27 am

Run Run stopped stopped.

He only retired as head of a TV network in Hong Kong in 2011 at age 104. He was also one of the producers of Blade Runner, although I think his involvement was primarily as a financial backer.
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Re: RIP Run Run Shaw

#3 Post by thguy65 » Tue Jan 07, 2014 12:27 pm

That's "Sir Run Run Shaw" to you!
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