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William Shaw, co-founder of Imax Corp., died Aug. 31 in Toronto after suffering complications from a heart attack. He was 73.
Shaw and fellow Canadians Graeme Ferguson, Roman Kroitor and Robert Kerr set out in 1968 to design and develop a new film system with gigantic screens, surround sound and steep seating. Tooling around with the word "maximum," they eventually named the company Imax.
Shaw, who had worked with the Ford Motor Co. and CCM, was the...