The Avatar franchise has actually lost a crucial member of its team.
John Refoua, who worked as a movie editor on Avatar and Avatar: The Way of Water, passed away May 14 after a fight with bile cancer, his better half Serena Refoua shared onFacebook He was 58.
“Dear friends, my brilliant, sweet, creative husband John Djahanshah Refoua passed away last night May 14 surrounded by family and friends who loved him,” Serena composed. “Despite the pain and complexities of this aggressive disease, he faced it with courage and grit.”
According to his better half, John was detected with cholangiocarcinoma around February2022 Cholangiocarcinoma is an unusual cancer that forms in the bile ducts, per the National Cancer Institute.
Regardless of the disease, John continued to work “right up to his final weeks” on the 3rd installation of director James Cameron‘s Avatar movie series, which is slated to be launched at the end of 2024, according to Variety
