Prolific Hollywood producer Roger Corman, 'King of the Bs,' dies at 98

LOS ANGELES -- Roger Corman, the 'King of the Bs' who helped turn out such low-budget classics as 'Little Shop of Horrors' and 'Attack of the Crab Monsters' and gave many of Hollywood's most famous actors and directors early breaks, has died. He was 98.Corman died Thursday at his home in Santa Monica, California, according to a statement released Saturday by his wife and daughters.

Meanwhile, he discovered a lucrative sideline releasing prestige foreign films in the United States, among them Ingmar Bergman's 'Cries and Whispers,' Federico Fellini's 'Amarcord' and Volker Schlondorff's 'The Tin Drum.' The latter two won Oscars for best foreign language film.Corman got his start as a messenger boy for Twentieth Century-Fox, eventually graduating to story analyst.

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