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Richard Cusack Obituary
EVANSTON, Ill. - Richard Cusack, the father of well-known actors Joan and John Cusack, who abandoned his own successful career as an advertising executive and became an award-winning screenwriter, has died. He was 77.
Cusack died Monday of pancreatic cancer in Evanston, Ill., near Chicago.
His three other children - Ann, Bill and Susie - also act and direct.
Cusack himself won an Emmy for his abortion documentary "The Committee" in 1971 - only one year after he abandoned advertising and established Cusack Productions.
Cusack is survived by his wife, his five children and two grandsons.
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