He was born in Erie, on February 12, 1943, son of the late Enoch and Mary Lucas. He is best known as the creator of the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises, as well as the founder of Lucasfilm and ILM. All Rights Reserved. George Lucas George Lucas, 67, previously of Newark, Irvington, West Orange and Randolph, NJ passed away peacefully on April 21, 2020 in Budd Lake, NJ after a long battle with cancer. Your email will not be used for any other purpose.To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of George Lucas, please visit our You can still show your support by sending flowers directly to the family, or by planting a memorial tree in the memory of George Lucas Nearly twenty years later, Lucas returned to Star Wars and released the prequel trilogy between 1999 and … Lucas saw many inspiring films in class, particularly the visual films coming out of the In 1967, Lucas re-enrolled as a USC graduate student in film production.Other successful projects where Lucas acted as an executive producer and occasional story writer in this period include Having lost much of his fortune in a divorce settlement in 1987, Lucas was reluctant to return to In January 2012, Lucas announced his retirement from producing large Lucas has pledged to give half of his fortune to charity as part of an effort called In 1991, The George Lucas Educational Foundation was founded as a nonprofit operating foundation to celebrate and encourage innovation in schools. He is survived by his loving family and friends. The Foundation's content is available under the brand By June 2013, Lucas was considering establishing a museum, the Lucas Cultural Arts Museum, to be built on In 2005, Lucas gave US$1 million to help build the In 2013, Lucas and his wife Mellody Hobson donated $25 million to the Chicago-based On April 15, 2016, it was reported that Lucas had donated between $501,000 and $1 million through the Lucas Family Foundation to the Lucas is a major collector of the American illustrator and painter In October 2014, Lucas received Honorary Membership of the I'm moving away from the business ... From the company, from all this kind of stuff.Lucas was later ticketed for making an illegal left-hand turn.He became a millionaire at the age of 28 after selling Spielberg attended a USC screening in early 1968 and met Lucas after being impressed by his After inducting 36 fantasy and science fiction writers and editors from 1996 to 2004, the Lucas subsequently adopted two more children as a single parent: daughter Katie Lucas, born in 1988, and son Jett Lucas, born in 1993. Lucas and Hobson announced their engagement in January 2013, and married on June 22, 2013, at Lucas's Skywalker Ranch in Marin County, California. To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of George Lucas, please visit our floral store. The movies quickly found a massive fan base.


Obituary George Lucas passed away on July 24, 2020. The Foundation's content is available under the brand By June 2013, Lucas was considering establishing a museum, the Lucas Cultural Arts Museum, to be built on In 2005, Lucas gave US$1 million to help build the In 2013, Lucas and his wife Mellody Hobson donated $25 million to the Chicago-based On April 15, 2016, it was reported that Lucas had donated between $501,000 and $1 million through the Lucas Family Foundation to the Lucas is a major collector of the American illustrator and painter In October 2014, Lucas received Honorary Membership of the I'm moving away from the business ... From the company, from all this kind of stuff.Lucas was later ticketed for making an illegal left-hand turn.He became a millionaire at the age of 28 after selling Spielberg attended a USC screening in early 1968 and met Lucas after being impressed by his After inducting 36 fantasy and science fiction writers and editors from 1996 to 2004, the

His three eldest children all appeared in the three Star Wars prequels, as did Lucas himself. Death; Funeral; Tributes & Condolences; View all.