Bud Greenspan, the pioneering Olympic documentary filmmaker, died Saturday night. He was 84.
His companion, Nancy Beffa, said the cause was complications from Parkinson’s disease.
Mr. Greenspan was renowned for producing, directing and writing films about individual Winter and Summer Games, focusing on the uplifting stories of athletes facing triumph and tragedy.
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