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Horror Legend Wes Craven Dies at 76

R.I.P.

‘Scream’ director had brain cancer.

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The man who brought Freddy Krueger and the freaky masked killers of Scream into your nightmares has passed away. Wes Craven, director of A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Hills Have Eyes, The Last House on the Left, Scream, and a host of other horror films, died Sunday after a battle with brain cancer. Craven was 76.

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