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== Death == In 2004, Scheider was diagnosed with [[multiple myeloma]]. In June 2005, he received a [[bone marrow]] transplant to treat the cancer.<ref>{{cite news |first=Tirdad |last=Derakhshani |title=Roy Scheider battling multiple myeloma |url=http://articles.philly.com/2005-06-21/news/25438142_1_bone-marrow-transplant-bottled-rage-cells |newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |date=June 21, 2005 |access-date=September 24, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074502/http://articles.philly.com/2005-06-21/news/25438142_1_bone-marrow-transplant-bottled-rage-cells |archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref> He died of a [[staph infection]] after a nearly 3 year battle with the cancer on February 10, 2008, in [[Little Rock, Arkansas]], at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Medical Center. He was 75 years old.<ref>{{cite news |first=Mitchell |last=Landsberg |title=Roy Scheider; star of 'Jaws' and 'All That Jazz' |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-scheider11feb11,0,2880332.story |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=February 11, 2008 |access-date=September 24, 2013 |archive-date=September 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928175916/http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-scheider11feb11,0,2880332.story |url-status=live }}</ref>
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