MORGAN SPURLOCK (1970 - 2024)

Documentarian Morgan Spurlock, best known for his Academy Award-nominated documentary "Super Size Me" died on Thursday at the age of 53 from cancer.

His 2004 “Super Size Me” sparked a national conversation and controversy over America’s relationship with fast food. And he also made a documentary about searching for Osama bin Laden.

Although Spurlock never enjoyed the same success after Laden, the filmmaker continues to made documentaries including One Direction: This Is Us (2013) and a sequel to Super Size Me in 2017.

A selection of Spurlock's past works:

THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER SOLD (2011)

WHERE IN THE WORLD IS OSAMA BIN LADEN? (2008)

FREAKONOMICS (2010) (segment A Roshanda by Any Other Name)