Leon Gast, the celebrated Oscar-winning documentarian behind When We Were Kings, which chronicled the 1974 "Rumble in the Jungle" bout between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, has died.
He was 85. Gast died Monday,according to his friend and fellow documentary filmmaker Barbara Kopple. No other details of his death were immediately available.
Gastalso executive produced Bill Siegel's 2013 PBS documentaryThe Trials of Muhammad Ali, whichwas awarded a news and documentary Emmy.
His final film, Manny(2014), co-directed with Ryan Moore, centered on another champion boxer, Manny Pacquiao. When We Were Kings (1996)received special jury recognition at Sundance en route to winning the best documentary Oscar and a Spirit Award.
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