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Toronto Cops Looking Into Film Director’s ‘Suspicious Death’

Reeyaz Habib, a 53-year-old film director, died in Toronto’s Liberty Village neighborhood on June 8.

Toronto Police are investigating the “suspicious death” of Reeyaz Habib, a 53-year-old film director who died in the city’s Liberty Village neighborhood on June 8. “Police are looking for information about Reeyaz Habib’s activities between Sunday, June 4 and Thursday, June 8, 2023,” the Toronto Police Service said in a statement. Habib was a graduate of the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California. He recently directed his first major film—Fat Lady Sriracha—which is reportedly in post-production. Jaskaran Singh, a producer on the movie, described Habib in a statement as “a wonderfully kind spirit, full of an excitement for life and telling the complex yet necessary stories within it. He brought us all together to fulfill a lifelong dream. We’re extremely grateful for the time and trust we got to have with him and look forward to honoring his legacy by making sure his story gets told.”