Roy Scheider, best known for playing the police chief in the Jaws movies, has died at the age of 75.

Though an official cause of death was not released at press time, a hospital spokeswoman stated that the actor had been treated for multiple myeloma at the hospital's research center for the past two years.

He was up for best supporting actor for The French Connection in 1972 and best actor for 1979's All That Jazz.

Source: Press Release