Les Blank dies

Les Blank dies


Les Blank dies, Filmmaker Les Blank, whose documentaries explored U.S. jazz, polka and Cajun music and also delved into more eccentric subjects including gap-toothed women and Chinese tea, died on Sunday, his son said.
Blank died at his home in Berkeley, California, from bladder cancer, Harrod Blank said. He was 77.Blank might be most widely remembered for his 1982 documentary