Roy Scheider, a two-time Oscar nominee best known for his role as a police chief in the blockbuster movie Jaws, has died (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Roy Scheider, a two-time Oscar nominee best known for his role as a police chief in the blockbuster movie Jaws , has died. He was 75. Mr. Scheider died Sunday at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences hospital in Little Rock. The hospital did not release a cause of death, but hospital spokeswoman Leslie Taylor said Scheider had been treated for multiple myeloma for the past two years. …