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Ronald Ray Cobb (September 21, 1937 – September 21, 2020) was an American-Australian cartoonist, artist, and movie designer. Cobb was born in Los Angeles, California.

He worked on many movies such as Dark Star (1974), Star Wars (1977), Alien (1979), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Conan the Barbarian (1982), Back to the Future (1985), The Abyss (1989), and Total Recall (1990).

Cobb died on September 21, 2020 in Sydney from Lewy body dementia on his 83rd birthday.


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    Cobb is credited with designing the "Hammerhead" creature seen in Star Wars (1977)

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