Innovative Artists said he died April 7 in Los Angeles from complications of a heart attack.

While at ILM, he served as effects editor onDie Hard 2: Die HarderandThe Hunt for Red October.

He won an editing Emmy for the pilot episode that year.

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Burcksen later worked on500 Nations,an eight-hour docuseries hosted and produced by Kevin Costner.

(2000), starring Leslie Nielsen.

He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Jana, and their two children.

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