Oscar-winning documentarian John Zaritsky has passed away. He passed away on March 30, 2022, aged 79.
Legally known as John Norman Zaritsky, Zaritsky was a Canadian documentarian filmmaker who was the recipient of an Oscar in 1982 for his documentary Just Another Missing Kid.
The documentary was about an Ottawa teenager gone missing in Nebraska. It investigated a 19-year-old from Ottawa who went missing in Nebraska, leaving his family to convince indifferent local and U.S. police that their son wasn’t a runway, but had forgotten to call home before they learned his fate.
He also directed Do You Really Want to Know?, about families considering genetic testing for Huntington’s disease, and Leave Them Laughing, about a performer who vowed to get the last laugh over Lou Gehrig’s disease.
John Zaritsky cause of death
Zaritsky died of heart failure at the Vancouver General hospital, a family statement confirmed.
He directed Men Don’t Cry: Prostate Cancer Stories, which he shot shortly before discovering his own diagnosis with prostate cancer.
John Zaritsky wife and children
Zaritsky was married to his wife Annie Clutton for decades. Annie gave him two adult children; Errin and Bern Lally.
John Zaritsky net worth
John Zaritsky had an estimated net worth of $5 million at the time of his death, thanks to his many prolific documentaries.
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