{"id":131003,"date":"2024-05-24T15:24:15","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T15:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/24\/morgan-spurlock-super-size-me-filmmaker-dead-at-53-national\/"},"modified":"2024-05-24T15:24:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T15:24:15","slug":"morgan-spurlock-super-size-me-filmmaker-useless-at-53-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/24\/morgan-spurlock-super-size-me-filmmaker-useless-at-53-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Morgan Spurlock, \u2018Super Size Me\u2019 filmmaker, useless at 53 – National"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Morgan Spurlock<\/a>, the filmmaker finest identified for his documentary Super Size Me<\/em>, has died on the age of 53.<\/p>\n

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His household introduced his demise in a press release Friday, saying he \u201cpassed away peacefully surrounded by family and friends on May 23, 2024, in New York from complications of cancer.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a sad day, as we said goodbye to my brother Morgan,\u201d stated Craig Spurlock, who labored along with his brother on a number of tasks. \u201cMorgan gave so much through his art, ideas, and generosity. The world has lost a true creative genius and a special man. I am so proud to have worked together with him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Super Size Me<\/em>, which hit theatres in 2004, earned Spurlock an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature. In the movie, he challenged himself to solely eat meals from McDonald\u2019s<\/a> for a month \u2014 by no means being allowed to show down the \u201csuper-size\u201d possibility of the meal, if supplied \u2014 whereas monitoring the results on his psychological and bodily well being and taking a deep dive into the inside workings of the quick meals trade.<\/p>\n

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By the tip of the month, Spurlock stated he was affected by liver dysfunction, despair and had gained 25 kilos.<\/p>\n

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The film, which grossed US$22 million in theatres worldwide, prompted McDonald\u2019s to chop its \u201csuper-size\u201d possibility from menus.<\/p>\n

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