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George A. Romero

George A. Romero, Director and writer (1940-2017), joins the permanent Shrine record.

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Life, work & what’s documented

George A. Romero was born on 1940-02-04 and died on 2017-07-16 at age 77. The filmmaker who transformed the modern zombie into a vehicle for social horror. Representative work and achievements include Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead.

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The filmmaker who transformed the modern zombie into a vehicle for social horror. Representative work and achievements include Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead.

Essential works: Night of the Living Dead · Dawn of the Dead · Day of the Dead

Statistics / evidence

Context is not destiny

Born 1940-02-04; died 2017-07-16; age at death 77. These dates provide historical context, not a mortality model.

Death context: George A. Romero died on 2017-07-16 at age 77. This Shrine records the sourced date and age without adding unsupported medical or death-circumstance detail.

Historical illness and age are context, not proof of a current crisis or a factual mortality forecast.

Astrology / interpretation

The cosmic file

SunAquarius 14.5°

MoonSagittarius or Capricorn 1.3°

MercuryAquarius 17.3°

VenusPisces 20.7°

MarsAries 21.4°

JupiterAries 6.6°

SaturnAries 25.7°

UranusTaurus 18.0°

NeptuneVirgo 25.1°

PlutoLeo 1.5°

These placements are deterministic astronomical calculations. Interpretive meaning is separate from health, mortality, and factual claims.

Calculation confidence: date_based_reliable_birth_time_unknown. Moon: calculated with sign boundary uncertainty. Rising sign: birth time needed. Date-based geocentric placements use a noon UTC reference. Moon uncertainty is retained. No Ascendant or houses are inferred. Astrology is interpretation, not fact, medicine, or mortality prediction.

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Sources & provenance

Encyclopaedia Britannica candidateEncyclopaedia Britannica / 2026-08-30 / identity / confidence: mediumSelected for the listed claims only. Discovery indexes are not publication evidence.
Legacy of the Dead: A Tribute to George A. RomeroCarnegie Mellon University Libraries / 2026-08-30 / identity / confidence: highSelected for the listed claims only. Discovery indexes are not publication evidence.

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Research last updated 2026-08-30.

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nicolas genin | CC BY-SA 2.0 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Romero,_66me_Festival_de_Venise_(Mostra).jpg

Exact source file · CC BY-SA 2.0 2.0 · Retrieved 2026-08-30.

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