LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Roy Scheider, a two-time
Oscar nominee best known for his role as the police chief in the
blockbuster movie "Jaws," has died. He was 75.
Scheider died Sunday at the University of Arkansas for Medical
Sciences hospital in Little Rock. The hospital did not release a
cause of death.
However, a hospital spokeswoman says Scheider had been treated
for multiple myeloma at the hospital for the past two years.
Scheider was nominated for an Oscar for best-supporting actor in
1971's "The French Connection" in which he played the police
partner of Oscar winner Gene Hackman and for best actor for 1979's
"All That Jazz."
However, he was best known for his role in Steven Spielberg's
1975 film, "Jaws," the enduring classic about a killer shark.
Scheider was also politically active. He participated in rallies
protesting U.S. military action in Iraq, including a massive New
York demonstration in March 2003.