February 10, 2008

Actor Roy Scheider, best known for his roles in All That Jazz and Jaws, died in Little Rock (Pulaski County). Scheider suffered from a rare cancer called multiple myeloma and was receiving treatment at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy at UAMS is one of the largest centers of its kind in the world and is a leader in developing curative therapies for multiple myeloma.