Jeff Wexler , the BAFTA Award-winning and two-time Oscar-nominated sound mixer behind projects like Almost Famous, The Last Samurai and Independence Day , has died at the age of 78, his children confirmed in a statement to the Motion Picture Sound Editors .

Wexler died Dec. 9 at his Santa Monica home after a yearslong battle with chronic kidney disease, said Vanessa and David Wexler. “Losing him is overwhelming, even though we knew his body had been fighting for a long time,” they wrote.

A leader in the community and founder/moderator behind the online forum jwsoundgroup.net, which allows sound department workers a hub to discuss their craft, Wexler also pioneered the introduction of digital production recording with DAT (Digital Audio Tape) and first-ever file-based production

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