Ross McDonnell, ‘The Trade’ Cinematographer, Dies at 44
variety.comCaroline Brew editor Ross McDonnell, an Irish filmmaker known for his Emmy-winning cinematography on “The Trade,” has died, his family confirmed more than a week after his body was reportedly found on a New York City beach.
He was 44. McDonnell died “unexpectedly” on Nov. 5, according to a notice on RIP.ie. NBC News reported Monday that the “remains appeared to be of filmmaker Ross McDonnell.” The police received a 911 call on Nov.
17 about a torso with human legs attached found lying in the sand at Queens’ Breezy Point Beach. McDonnell disappeared earlier this month and was last seen on Nov.
4 leaving his apartment in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn on his bicycle — which was later discovered locked at Fort Tilden Beach in Queens on the Rockaway Peninsula next to Breezy Point.
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