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| American horror film director Wes Craven, creator of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, has died aged 76. | |
| US media reported that Craven died at his Los Angeles home on Sunday from brain cancer. | |
| Craven wrote and directed A Nightmare on Elm Street in 1984, and his Scream trilogy, starting in 1996, grossed more than $100m in the US. | |
| He wrote, directed and edited his first film, The Last House on the Left, in 1972. | |
| Craven had more recently signed deals to develop television programmes, including the new Scream series for MTV. He had also been working on a graphic horror novel series. | |
| Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he is survived by his film producer wife Iya Labunka, sister Carol Buhrow, son Jonathan Craven, daughter Jessica Craven, step-daughter Nina Tarnawksy and three grandchildren. |