'JAWS' STAR ROY SCHEIDER DIES AT AGE 75

Jaws star Roy Scheider had died today at age 75 in Little Rock, Ark., his wife told The New York Times. Scheider, who lived in Sag Harbor, N.Y., died of complications from a staph infection, Brenda Scheider told the newspaper. Scheider had suffered from multiple myeloma. Scheider came to prominence in such Hollywood films as "Klute" and "The French Connection" and he won an Oscar nomination as Buddy Russo, the partner of police Detective Popeye Doyle, played by Gene Hackman. Scheider may have been best known as the police chief in the 1975 blockbuster "Jaws."Scheider was born in 1932 in Orange, New Jersey. He earned a history degree from Franklin and Marshall College and then served three years in the United States Air Force. He made his professional New York stage acting debut in a 1961 production of "Romeo and Juliet. Scheider was nominated for a best actor Oscar for his performance as a self destructive Broadway choreographer in "All That Jazz."In the 1990s, Scheider starred in the TV series "SeaQuest DSV" as Capt. Nathan Bridger.