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Leon Jacques Gast (March 30, 1936 – March 8, 2021) was an American documentary film director, producer, cinematographer, and editor. His documentary, When We Were Kings depicts the iconic heavyweight boxing match: The Rumble in the Jungle between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman .
Mar 12, 2021 · Leon Gast, a filmmaker whose 22-year quest to make “When We Were Kings,” a documentary about Muhammad Ali and George Foreman’s epic 1974 boxing match, involved a Liberian shell company, the Hells...
Mar 8, 2021 · 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.
Leon Gast was born on 30 March 1936 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. He was a director and producer, known for When We Were Kings (1996), Smash His Camera (2010) and The Trials of Muhammad Ali (2013). He was married to Geri Spolan. He died on 8 March 2021 in Woodstock, New York, USA.
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Mar 9, 2021 · Leon Gast, the Academy Award-winning director behind sport documentary “ When We Were Kings ,” died on Monday, according to Meira Blaustein, his close friend and the co-founder of...
Mar 18, 2021 · On March 8, Woodstock’s legendary documentary filmmaker, Leon Gast, succumbed to Alzheimer’s with his devoted wife, Geri, at his side. He was 85.
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Mar 9, 2021 · Filmmaker Leon Gast, whose documentary When We Were Kings won an Academy Award, died Monday at age 85. Gast's death was announced by his friend Meira Blaustein in a Facebook post.