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Horror fans are some of the most obsessive movie fans in the business, bestowing film royalty on people who played the victim to monsters or crazed serial killers. Bill Hinzman became one of movie history's most famous zombies after he played the first brain-muncher to appear on screen in George Romero's 1968 classic 'Night of the Living Dead.' At the time, Hinzman was actually working on Romero's movie set as an assistant cameraman. He appears in the opening scenes of the film as the zombie attacks Barbara and kills her brother, Johnny, in the graveyard and sets the horrific story in motion. This led to other smaller roles as zombies in several B-movies, and even some directing work for horror films of his own such as 'The Majorettes' and 'FleshEater.' A regular on the horror and sci-fi convention circuit where he donned full zombie make-up for fans, Hinzman returned to the role that made him famous for a pizza commercial. Sadly, he passed away on February 5th, 2012 at the age of 75.