'Avatar' Film Editor John Refoua Passes Away at 58

John Refoua, the Oscar-nominated film editor who worked on Avatar and Avatar: The Way of Water, has died at the age of 58 due to complications from a rare bile duct cancer. Refoua was a longtime collaborator of James Cameron, working on the Avatar franchise, the Fox sci-fi series Dark Angel, and the Titanic documentary, Ghosts of the Abyss. He was diagnosed with cancer in early 2022 but continued to work on Avatar 3 until his final weeks. Refoua's work will appear in the upcoming Avatar 3.