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Morgan Spurlock has died at 53-years-old. He died in upstate New York following problems from his battle with most cancers on Thursday, Could 23. The director captivated viewers as he documented his expertise dwelling off a eating regimen solely consisting of McDonald’s for 30 days in his 2004 documentary Tremendous Dimension Me. Whereas the quick meals documentary is his most well-known, he recorded many extra tasks, specializing in quite a lot of topics. His household confirmed his demise in an announcement.
Morgan’s brother and frequent collaborator Craig Spurlock shared the information in an announcement. “It was a tragic day, as we mentioned goodbye to my brother Morgan,” he mentioned, by way of Selection. “Morgan gave a lot by his artwork, concepts and generosity. At present the world has misplaced a real inventive genius and a particular man. I’m so proud to have labored along with him.”
Born in Parkersburg, West Virginia in November 1970, Morgan moved to New York Metropolis in 1993 to attend NYU’s Tisch College of the Arts. Previous to directing Tremendous Dimension Me, he was a playwright, and he had created the MTV present I Wager You Will.
In 2004, Morgan launched the documentary, which he’s most well-known for Tremendous Dimension Me. The movie follows him solely consuming three meals from McDonald’s for 30 days. The movie is known as for the rule the place every time he was requested if he’d prefer to “tremendous measurement” the meal, he needed to say sure. Over the course of the experiment, he gained 25 kilos and suffered liver dysfunction and despair. Following the movie, McDonald’s did away with the “tremendous measurement” possibility and started specializing in more healthy choices, although the corporate denied that the documentary had something to do with it. In 2017, he made a sequel the place he explored the ways in which the quick meals trade has rebranded as more healthy since his authentic movie.
Regardless of the documentary’s recognition, some folks have known as the movie’s accuracy into query. Comic Tom Naughton launched a response documentary Fats Head, the place he adopted an identical experiment, however managed to shed pounds whereas on a eating regimen of solely quick meals. Science instructor John Cisna additionally misplaced 60 kilos whereas consuming a eating regimen of solely McDonald’s for 30 days and has spoken out in opposition to exhibiting the documentary in highschool well being and science courses. In 2017, Morgan additionally revealed that he had suffered from alcohol abuse for a few years, which known as a number of the findings into query.
In addition to Tremendous Dimension Me, Morgan additionally launched the documentary The place within the World is Osama Bin Laden? the place he examines the combat in opposition to terrorism. He additionally explored product placement in movies in The Biggest Film Ever Bought. He additionally created the TV collection 30 Days, the place he and different contributors participate in 30 day-long experiments, just like his Tremendous Dimension Me documentary. He was additionally the star of Morgan Spurlock Inside Man on CNN, the place he explored quite a lot of topics.
In December 2017, Morgan launched a weblog publish the place he admitted to sexual misconduct and admitted to being accused of sexual assault whereas in faculty. He stepped away from his firm Warrior Poets following the weblog publish and had been principally unheard from till his demise.
Morgan was married twice and divorced every time. He had two sons, one from every marriage. He’s survived by his sons Laken James, 17, and Kallen Marcus, 8, in addition to his dad and mom and brothers.
