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‘E.T.’ Cinematographer Allen Daviau Dies of COVID-19 at 77

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By Dave McNary Film Reporter Cinematographer Allen Daviau, a five-time Academy Award nominee for films including Steven Spielberg’s “E.T.

the Extra Terrestrial” and “Empire of the Sun,” died Wednesday in Los Angeles. He was 77. Food editor and writer Colman Andrews wrote on Twitter that Daviau had died of coronavirus at the MPTF hospital. “RIP Allen Daviau, my friend of almost 60 years, cinematographer and bon vivant, five-time Academy Award nominee, dining companion extraordinaire, pure soul, who left us last night at the MPTF Hospital, his longtime home, after contracting COVID-19.

Salut, mon ami.” Daviau, a New Orleans native, was nominated for Oscars for Spielberg movies “The Color Purple,”  “Empire of the Sun,” and “E.T.

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