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- Doug Allan, a 74-year-old cameraman, died on April 8 from a brain aneurysm.
- After training as a marine biologist, he began Antarctic photography in the 1970s, sold emperor-penguin footage to the BBC, and filmed for The Blue Planet (2001) and Planet Earth (2006).
- Sir David Attenborough called Allan the world’s best photographer and collaborated on those films, which showed penguins, bears, walruses and other polar animals.
