Filmmaker Roger Corman, mentor to many of Hollywoods biggest stars, dies at 98 PBS NewsHour
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News Summary
- Roger Corman helped create hundreds of B-movies as a producer and director
- He hired such aspiring filmmakers as Francis Ford Coppola, Ron Howard, James Cameron and Martin Scorsese
- In 2009, Corman received an honorary Academy Award
- Corman died Thursday at his home in Santa Monica, California, according to a statement
LOS ANGELES (AP) Roger Corman, the King of the Bs who helped turn out such lowbudget classics as Little Shop of Horrors and Attack of the Crab Monsters and gave many of Hollywoods most famous actor [+5896 chars]
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