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Eric Karson, Director of ‘The Octagon’ and Producer of ‘Lionheart,’ Dies at 86
Eric Karson, the martial-arts movie specialist who directed Chuck Norris in The Octagon and produced the Jean-Claude Van Damme-starring Lionheart , has died. He was 86.
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Eric Karson, the martial-arts movie specialist who directed Chuck Norris in The Octagon and produced the Jean-Claude Van Damme-starring Lionheart , has died. He was 86. Karson died Aug. 24 of natural causes while in hospice care in Henderson, Nevada, his brother Gil Karson told The Hollywood Reporter .
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