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Pitt getting archives of iconic horror filmmaker Romero

PITTSBURGH — The University of Pittsburgh is getting a spooky addition: the archives of late horror filmmaker George A. Romero.

Romero’s horror movies date back to the 1968 film “Night of the Living Dead.”

The archives will be available to scholars, students and filmmakers and include the original annotated “Night of the Living Dead” script and a foam latex zombie head.

Romero came to Pittsburgh in the late 1950s to study graphic art.

He launched his career with commercials and shorts, including work for Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood.

Romero died in 2017.

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