Malik Bendjelloul, the cash-strapped freelance film maker who shot to Hollywood stardom overnight with the Oscar-winning music documentary "Searching for Sugar Man," has died. He was 36.
Swedish
police spokeswoman Pia Glenvik told The Associated Press that
Bendjelloul died in Stockholm late Tuesday, but wouldn't specify where
his body was found or the cause of death.
She said no crime is suspected in relation to the filmmaker's death.
"Searching
for Sugar Man," which tells the story of how American singer Sixto
Rodriguez became a superstar in South Africa without knowing about it,
won the Oscar for best documentary in 2013. It was the first time a
Swedish film had won an Oscar since Ingmar Bergman's "Fanny and
Alexander" in 1984.
The film also won several other prizes, including a British BAFTA for best documentary and the Swedish Guldbagge award.
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