He was 53 years old. In the 2004 film that made him famous, he documented the physical and psychological consequences of eating McDonald’s every day for a month.
Morgan Spurlock, the director known for the Oscar-nominated documentary “Super Size Me”, has died at the age of 53 due to cancer. In the landmark 2004 film, Spurlock explored the physical and mental effects of eating exclusively McDonald’s food for an entire month.
The family: “A sad day”
The family of the filmmaker, who had seriously jeopardized his health due to that experiment, confirmed his death: “It’s a sad day. I have to say goodbye to my brother Morgan”, said Craig Spurlock who had been frequent with the documentary maker collaborator.
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Spurlock became famous with “Super Size Me”, a documentary in which he conducted an experiment that consisted of consuming only McDonald’s food for 30 consecutive days. The rules also included the condition of always having to accept the “super-size” option if offered during purchase. Furthermore, Spurlock exercised less to match the average level of Americans. At the end of the experiment, he claimed to have gained 25 pounds (about 11 kg, ed.) and suffered from depression and liver dysfunction.
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After the experience of “Super Size Me”, Spurlock continued to work in the field of documentaries, tackling various topics. In 2008 he made “What happened to Osama Bin Laden?”, in which he recounts the search for the hideout of the Al Qaeda leader while, at the same time, he follows the pregnancy of his partner, who is pregnant with her first child. In 2011 he produced “Come ti vendo un film”, which examines how large companies insert their commercials into cinematographic works. Spurlock later worked on a documentary about the band One Direction, titled “This Is Us.” Then it was the turn of “Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!”, in which he tried to document all the critical issues and contradictions of the chicken industry.
