HOLLYWOOD - Moustapha Akkad, the executive producer of the Halloween films, died in the hospital today from injuries sustained in the hotel bomb attacks that hit Jordan on Wednesday.
The 69-year-old, who also directed the 1981 movie Lion of the Desert starring Anthony Quinn, Oliver Reed and Rod Steiger, was in Amman to attend a wedding in one of three hotels struck by suicide bombers.
An American national, Akkad had traveled to the event from his home in Lebanon.
His 34-year-old daughter, Rima Akkad Monla, also died in the blast.
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