George Kosana, who played the beefy Sheriff McClelland in the 1968 cult zombie film, "Night of the Living Dead," has died. He was 81.
Longtime friend John Russo said Kosana was found dead Friday in his home in Clairton, Pennsylvania, after friends said he was not returning telephone calls.
Russo, a co-writer of the movie who recruited Kosana for the part, said his friend was a "natural" for the role of sheriff in the horror flick.
"It
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