RIP George Rohrs

 

George Rohrs, a highly respected film editor, passed away unexpectedly on August 30, 2020 in San Luis Obispo, California at the age of ninety, of natural causes. Born in Oak Park Illinois on April 29, 1930, he moved with his parents and sister, Bonnie Stone, to Southern California when he was 14 years old. He served two years in the Army and studied for 2 years at UCLA. He did not finish his degree, instead he left school to pursue his life occupation in the film industry. His motion picture and television credits as a film editor are a long and distinguished list spanning over 30 years. He was film editor on 1971’s “Valdez is Coming” starring Burt Lancaster.