Stanley Kubrick's right-hand man, Leon Vitali dies at 74

"Barry Lyndon" actor, Leon Vitali was one of Stanley Kubrick's closest associates

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His family told The Associated Press that Vitali died Friday in Los Angeles,

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Vitali was so fascinated by Kubrick and his processes that he made an unexpected decision:

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He gave up performing and spent over two decades giving his all attention to the famously demanding director.

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His subsequent Kubrick credit was as "personal assistant to the director" on "The Shining," though that's only part of the story,

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Vitali famously assisted to cast 4-year-old Danny Lloyd to play Danny Torrance and Louise and Lisa Burns as the creepy Grady twins

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I made one truly, truly radical change in my life and that was when I said, 'I'm more interested in that' than I was in the acting," Vitali said

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After Kubrick's passing in 1999, Vitali oversaw restorations for many of Kubrick's films.

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