Oscar nominated ‘Super Size Me’ filmmaker Morgan Spurlock dies aged 53

In 'Super Size Me', Morgan Spurlock ate McDonald's for every meal for a month

Mark Kennedy

Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, an Oscar nominee whose most famous work skewered American food and diets and who notably ate only at McDonald’s for a month to illustrate the dangers of a fast-food diet, has died. He was 53.

Spurlock died on Thursday in New York from complications of cancer, according to a statement issued yesterday by his family.