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American film director
Robert Sparr
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Born
| Robert Tyrone Sparr
(
1915-09-15
)
September 15, 1915
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Died
| August 28, 1969
(1969-08-28)
(aged 53)
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Occupation(s)
| Television director
,
film director
,
editor
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Years active
| 1952?1969
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Robert Sparr
(September 10, 1915 – August 28, 1969) was an American screenwriter, television director, and film director. He died as a result of a plane crash in Colorado while scouting filming locations for the 1970 film
Barquero
with fellow
Star Trek
crew member, cameraman
Gerald Finnerman
. The pilot was also killed but Finnerman survived.
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The plane crash prompted a drawn-out legal battle involving Sparr's son for a
wrongful death suit
, which went to the
United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
.
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