Sadly he did not make it to the New Year. Lymphoma got 'em:
https://io9.gizmodo.com/rip-syd-mead-legendary-designer-of-blade-runner-and-tr-1840730449
Blade Runner, Tron and Alien was what he was most famous for. It's rare that someone this far "behind the scenes" gets this well known. I have had Blade Runner in VHS, LD, DVD & Blue-Ray. It was on the Criterion LD that they had an incredible pic by pic gallery of his concepts for the movie. He worked in many other movies if you check IMDB but I find it especially interesting that he styarted his career in design at Ford MoCo.
https://io9.gizmodo.com/rip-syd-mead-legendary-designer-of-blade-runner-and-tr-1840730449
Blade Runner, Tron and Alien was what he was most famous for. It's rare that someone this far "behind the scenes" gets this well known. I have had Blade Runner in VHS, LD, DVD & Blue-Ray. It was on the Criterion LD that they had an incredible pic by pic gallery of his concepts for the movie. He worked in many other movies if you check IMDB but I find it especially interesting that he styarted his career in design at Ford MoCo.
