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John Mollo, who won an Academy Award for designing the costumes of the original "Star Wars" and another Oscar for the historical epic "Gandhi," has died. He was 86.

The costume designer for Star Wars, John Mollo, died recently, at the age of 86. Even though he didn’t have any previous costume design experience, he was hired by director George Lucas to design the ...