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The idiosyncratic documentary filmmaker whose subjects included musicians, Mardi Gras, gap-toothed women, garlic and filmmaker Werner Herzog, died today at his home in Berkeley. He was 77, and his son, Harrod, said the cause of death was bladder cancer. Obituaries: LA Times; NYT
Image: Les Blank in the 1980s; NYT
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