Jeff Wexler Dies: Pioneering Oscar-Nominated & BAFTA-Winning Sound Mixer Was 78

Jeff Wexler Dies: Pioneering Oscar-Nominated & BAFTA-Winning Sound Mixer Was 78

Jeff Wexler, the BAFTA Award-winning and two-time Oscar-nominated sound mixer behind projects like Almost Famous, The Last Samurai and Independence Day, has died at the age of 78, his children confirmed in a statement to the Motion Picture Sound Editors. Wexler died Dec. 9 at his Santa Monica home after a yearslong battle with chronic kidney disease, said Vanessa and David Wexler. “Losing him is overwhelming, even though we knew his body had b…