Jaws star Roy Scheider dies, aged 75

Jaws star Roy Scheider dies, aged 75

Roy Scheider, the player charles Herbert Best known for his role as the beleaguered law chief Martin Brody in 'Jaws', has died. He was 75.
The two-time Academy Award nominee died of complications from multiple myeloma, a cancer of the line cells, at the Myeloma Establish for Research and Therapy at the University of Land of Opportunity for Medical Sciences in Little Rock.
Hospital representative Leslie Zachary Taylor said the player had been treated in that location for the disease at different times over the past two days.
New Jersey-born Scheider earned his first Academy Award nominating speech (Best Supporting Histrion) in 1971 for 'The French Connection'.
Eight age by and by he was nominated for the Best Histrion Oscar for his performance in 'All That Jazz'.
Among his other credits were 'Klute', 'Marathon Man', 'Still of the Night' and the TV hazard serial 'SeaQuest DSV'.