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'Dallas Buyers Club' director Jean-Marc Vallée dead at 58

Director Jean-Marc Vallee poses with the award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement for Miniseries or TV Film for "Big Little Lies" at the 70th Annual DGA Awards in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., February 3, 2018. [Reuters]

Jean-Marc Vallée, a Canadian best known for directing the Oscar-nominated film "Dallas Buyers Club" and Emmy-winning HBO series "Big Little Lies," died suddenly at his cabin outside Quebec City. He was 58.

Vallée's demise was reported on Sunday by entertainment website Deadline and confirmed on Twitter by his representative Bumble Ward.

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