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Roger Corman, Hollywood mentor and ‘King of the Bs,’ dies at 98

Filmmaker helped turn out such low-budget classics as 'Little Shop of Horrors' and 'Attack of the Crab Monsters'

By Bob Thomas and Amy Taxin, Associated Press
Published: May 12, 2024, 1:05pm

LOS ANGELES — Roger Corman, the “King of the Bs” who helped turn out such low-budget classics as “Little Shop of Horrors” and “Attack of the Crab Monsters” and gave many of Hollywood’s most famous actors and directors early breaks, has died. He was 98.

Corman died Thursday at his home in Santa Monica, Calif.,

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