Leon Gast, 'When We Were Kings' Documentary Director, Dies at 85
Leon Gast, Oscar-Winning Director of Muhammad Ali Doc ‘When We Were Kings,’ Dies at 85 Film about the iconic Rumble in the Jungle boxing match won the Oscar in 1997Brian Welk | March 8, 2021 @ 5:28 PM Getty Images Leon Gast, the director of the Oscar-winning documentary “When We Were Kings,” about Muhammad Ali’s iconic “Rumble in the Jungle” boxing match, has died. He was 85. Gast died on Monday at his home in Woodstock, NY following a long illness, according to the Woodstock Film Festival, of which Gast was a member of the advisory board. “We are deeply saddened by the p...
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