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(FILES) This file photo taken on February 03, 2017 shows director John G. Avildsen speaking onstage at a screening of 'John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs' during the 32nd Santa Barbara International Film Festiva at the Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara, California.
John Avildsen, the Oscar-winning director whose blockbuster films like "Rocky" and "The Karate Kid" championed the ascent of underdogs, has died, Friday, June 16, 2017. He was 81 years old. The filmmaker died of pancreatic cancer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles Times, citing Avildsen's eldest son. / AFP PHOTO / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Matt Winkelmeyer