Avatar Editor John Refoua Lifeless at 58 – E! On-line

The Avatar franchise has misplaced an essential member of its crew.

John Refoua, who labored as a movie editor on Avatar and Avatar: The Means of Water, died Might 14 after a battle with bile most cancers, his spouse Serena Refoua shared on Facebook. He was 58.

“Pricey pals, my good, candy, inventive husband John Djahanshah Refoua handed away final evening Might 14 surrounded by household and pals who beloved him,” Serena wrote. “Regardless of the ache and complexities of this aggressive illness, he confronted it with braveness and grit.”

Based on his spouse, John was identified with cholangiocarcinoma round February 2022. Cholangiocarcinoma is a uncommon most cancers that kinds within the bile ducts, per the National Cancer Institute.

Whatever the sickness, John continued to work “proper as much as his closing weeks” on the third installment of director James Cameron‘s Avatar movie sequence, which is slated to be launched on the finish of 2024, in line with Variety.