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Mike deGruy, noted cinematographer, dies

Quick ReadThe award-winning cinematographer who spent three decades making documentary films about the ocean, was killed in a helicopter crash in eastern Australia. He was 60.

Mike DeGruy during 22nd Santa Barbara International Film

Photo credit: WireImage, 2007 | Mike DeGruy during 22nd Santa Barbara International Film Festival.

Mike deGruy, an award-winning cinematographer who spent three decades making documentary films about the ocean, was killed in a helicopter crash in eastern Australia. He was 60.

His employer, National Geographic, said yesterday that deGruy and Australian television writer-producer Andrew Wight died Saturday.

Their helicopter crashed soon after takeoff from an airstrip near Nowra, 97...

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