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Fred Koenekamp | Cinematographer, 94

Cinematographer Fred Koenekamp, 94, who won an Oscar for the 1974 disaster epic The Towering Inferno , has died. A representative for the American Society of Cinematographers said Friday that Mr. Koenekamp died May 31.

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Cinematographer Fred Koenekamp, 94, who won an Oscar for the 1974 disaster epic

The Towering Inferno

, has died. A representative for the American Society of Cinematographers said Friday that Mr. Koenekamp died May 31.

With over 90 credits to his name, Mr. Koenekamp often collaborated with director Franklin J. Schaffner. He earned Oscar-nominations for Schaffner's Patton and Islands in the Stream, and was given the ASC Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005.

Mr. Koenekamp was born in Los Angeles to an Oscar-nominated cinematographer father. He was a camera operator on Gunsmoke before snagging his first cinematography credit on The Man From U.N.C.L.E. for which he earned two Emmy nominations.

Other notable credits include Papillon, The Amityville Horror, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, and Fun With Dick and Jane. - AP