A Western Mass resident whose work is imprinted on a number of blockbuster movies has died.
Douglas Trumbull created the special effects for 2001: A Space Odyssey, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Star Trek, Blade Runner and The Tree of Life.
Trumbull relocated from Los Angeles to the Berkshires in the 1980s and developed new movie technology from a home studio.
He was 79.
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