Oscar and Emmy award-winning visual effects artist Robert Blalack has died at the age of 73. Robert died on Wednesday of cancer at his home in Paris, his wife, writer Caroline Charron-Blalack, told The Hollywood Reporter.

The Industrial Light and Magic co-founder shares an Oscar for his contribution to the groundbreaking visual effects employed on the original 'Star Wars'. He had also received an Emmy Award for his work on the 1983 hit sci-fi drama 'The Day After'.