What he did create was a style and fan base all his own.

Ahead, his life and works in pictures.

DAY OF THE DEAD, Director George A. Romero and zombies on set, 1985. (c) United Film/ Courtesy: Ever

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NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, 1968.

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THE CRAZIES, Lane Carroll, 1973

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CREEPSHOW, director George Romero, writer Stephen King on set, 1982, (c) Warner Brothers/courtesy Ev

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CREEPSHOW, Stephen King, 1982, (c) Warner Brothers/courtesy Everett Collection

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DAWN OF THE DEAD, David Emge, 1978

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MARTIN

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MONKEY SHINES, Jason Beghe, 1988, © Orion/courtesy Everett Collection

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DAY OF THE DEAD, 1985, (c) United Film/courtesy Everett Collection

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LAND OF THE DEAD, Eugene Clark, 2005, (c) Universal/courtesy Everett Collection

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SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD, 2009. ©Magnet Releasing/Courtesy Everett Collection

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KNIGHTRIDERS, Tom Savini, 1981, © United Film Distribution/courtesy Everett Collection

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BRUISER, 2000. (c)Lions Gate Films/ Courtesy: Everett Collection.

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THE DARK HALF, Timothy Hutton, Amy Madigan, 1993. (c)MGM/ Courtesy: Everett Collection.

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THERE’S ALWAYS VANILLA, (aka THE AFFAIR), Raymond Laine, Judith Streiner (aka Judith Ridley), 1971

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DIARY OF THE DEAD, (aka GEORGE A. ROMERO’S DIARY OF THE DEAD), Joshua Close (bottom), 2007. ©Weinste

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Empire of The Dead #1 Credit: Marvel

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