Jaws star Roy Scheider dead at 75

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Jaws star Roy Scheider dead at 75
February 11, 2008

ROY Scheider, best known for his role as the heroic police chief in the classic 1975 movie Jaws, died today aged 75.

The veteran actor died at the University for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, Arkansas, a hospital spokesman said. No cause of death or further information was immediately available.

Scheider's acting career spanned five decades and included two Oscar nominations for his performances in 1971's crime thriller The French Connection and 1979's All That Jazz.

But Scheider will be best remembered for his role in Steven Spielberg's Jaws, where he played the seaside resort police chief whose town is terrorised by a great white shark.

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