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It's with deep sadness that we bring to you the news of the passing of Bill Hinzman this evening. We've lost another icon of the industry and more importantly one of the nicest and most genuine people we've ever had the chance of knowing. Best known to fans everywhere as Zombie #1 or the Graveyard Zombie from the George A. Romero classic Night of the Living Dead, Hinzman has died after losing a bout with cancer. He was 75.

Deserter may fare worse because of flight Former 82nd Airborne Division paratrooper Jeremy Hinzman has been ordered out of Canada By Jay Price, Staff Writer A deserter from Fort Bragg who was ordered deported from Canada last week would probably have gotten a lighter punishment if he had simply stayed in the United States and quietly turned himself in, Army statistics suggest.Former 82nd Airborne Division paratrooper Jeremy Hinzman, 29, and his supporters in the United States and Canada think he'll be court-martialed for desertion if he is forced to return, in part because he fled to Canada and in...

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — One of the first U.S. army deserters from Iraq to seek refugee status in Canada has been ordered deported. Jeremy Hinzman deserted the army in 2004 after learning his unit was to be deployed to Iraq. He refused to participate in what he calls an immoral and illegal war. Hinzman fled to Canada along with his wife and son and sought refugee status. Today, he was ordered out of the country by Sept. 23. The Immigration and Refugee Board rejected his claim in 2005 and the Federal Court of Appeal held that he wouldn’t face any serious...

TORONTO (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier who deserted because he opposed the war in Iraq does not qualify as a refugee and would not face excessive punishment for his actions if sent home, Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board ruled on Thursday. Jeremy Hinzman, 26, was the first of several U.S. deserters to file asylum claims in Canada. He fled from the 82nd Airborne Division two years ago and sought refugee status in Canada. Hinzman had maintained the U.S.-led war in Iraq was illegal and he feared committing atrocities if he was sent there. The ruling said Hinzman's reasons for refusing...

TORONTO - A U.S. Army paratrooper was denied political asylum Thursday, dealing a blow to Americans who are seeking refuge in Canada to avoid serving in an Iraq conflict that they argue would force them to commit atrocities against civilians. An immigration board ruled that Jeremy Hinzman had not convinced its members he would face persecution or cruel and unusual punishment if returned to the United States. Seven other American military personnel have applied for refugee status, and Hinzman's lawyer estimated dozens of others are in hiding in Canada waiting to see how the government ruled. The attorney, Jeffry House,...

ORONTO (AP) - The Canadian government on Thursday denied refugee status to former U.S. Army paratrooper Jeremy Hinzman, a major blow to a handful of U.S. military deserters who have fled to Canada rather than fight in Iraq or Afghanistan. The decision could affect at least eight - and possibly dozens more - American soldiers seeking refuge in Canada, yet help improve strained relations between Washington and Ottawa.

The cover of the February issue of Saturday Night magazine is graced with a picture of a stern looking Jeremy Hinzman, one of several U.S. military deserters who are currently in Canada seeking Convention refugee status. Across Hinzman’s picture are written the words, "The Deserter", the title of the cover story by writer Andrew Clark. Underneath the title is written, "Jeremy Hinzman is a model American soldier in every way but one. He refuses to kill anybody." How profound! Perhaps the magazine might one day publish the tragic story of Chantal, the world’s most perfect exotic dancer, if only she...

While covering the hearing of 26-year-old Jeremy Hinzman, who is seeking refugee status in Canada after deserting from the U.S. army when his unit was scheduled to go to Iraq, the Star’s Tracey Tyler left out any facts that were negative to Hinzman. Her report on the proceedings contained only the facts that Hinzman felt that the Iraq war was not justified because no weapons of mass destruction were found and there were no links to terrorism and therefore, in his opinion, he had no justification for killing people. Tyler also threw in the fact that the poor little trained...