Isidoro Raponi Dies: Mechanical Designer For ‘E.T.’, ‘King Kong’, ‘Alien’ Was 76
Isidoro Raponi, whose skills brought E.T., King Kong and more to life for millions of moviegoers, has died. He was 76 and died May 27 of congestive heart failure at a Los Angeles rehabiliation center, according to veteran Disney communications executive Howard Green, who described Raponi as “a great guy and an unsung hero”