Richard Snell (make-up artist)

Richard Alan Snell (December 19, 1955 – February 21, 2006) was an American make-up artist.

Known as a master of prosthetic makeup, he won two Primetime Emmy Awards and received an Academy Award nomination.

Snell was found dead on February 21, 2006, in his hotel room in Freeport, The Bahamas after not reporting to work on the set of the film Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.

He died in his sleep of natural causes at age 50.

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