Hollywood illustrator Drew Struzan, the man behind legendary film posters for hit films such as E.T., Star Wars and Indiana Jones has died at the age of 78, prompting a flood of tributes.
Struzan was a favourite of directors Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, and his drawing style came to symbolise the posters of Hollywood’s late 1970s and 1980s heyday – and decorated teenagers’ bedrooms around the world.
His death following years of struggle with Alzheimer’s was announced on Tuesday on his Instagram page with a post by his manager saying that Struzan had “moved on from this world as of … October 13th”.
“His creativity, through a single illustrated image, opened up a world full of life in vivid colour … even at a glance,” Lucas wrote in a statement on his company’s website.
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