Duncan Gibbins was a British film and music video director, as well as a screenwriter.
13 Facts About Duncan Gibbins
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On 3 November 1993, Duncan Gibbins died as a result of third degree burns he received from a fire at the home he was renting.
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Duncan Gibbins was 41 years old at the time of his death.
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Duncan Gibbins attended The Arthur Terry School, in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, where he captained the school football team.
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Duncan Gibbins started out his career as an actor on radio, and in television as a reporter for BBC Midlands Today.
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Duncan Gibbins decided that he wanted to try journalism but found that he did not much care for it.
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Duncan Gibbins made his feature-film debut in the US with the 1986 romantic drama film, Fire with Fire in 1986 which starred Craig Sheffer and Virginia Madsen.
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Duncan Gibbins later co-penned the script for Roger Spottiswoode's Third Degree Burn, a made-for-TV movie in 1989.
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Duncan Gibbins made his final film, A Case for Murder in 1993, which starred Jennifer Grey and Peter Berg about a lawyer who gets involved with her partner, then suspects him of murder in a case they are trying together.
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On 3 November 1993, Duncan Gibbins narrowly escaped a wildfire that was roaring through Malibu, including surrounding mountains and canyons, and was engulfing the home he was renting.
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Duncan Gibbins decided to go back in to rescue a cat that he saw in the burning building.
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Duncan Gibbins was rescued still conscious, still asking about his cat.
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Duncan Gibbins later died at Sherman Oaks Hospital and Health Center's burn unit.