Syd Mead, visionary conceptual artist behind ‘Blade Runner’ and ‘Tron’, dead at 86

The self-proclaimed “visual futurist” behind movies such as “Blade Runner,” “Aliens” and “Tron” has died

Syd Mead died Monday at age 86 at his home in Pasadena, Calif., following a three-year battle with lymphoma, his spouse and business partner Roger Servick told The Hollywood Reporter.

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