death_date death_place children birth_place nationality relatives name birth_date article_title birth_name occupation
09 february 1986 santa monica , california , u.s. 2 fremont , nebraska , u.s. american carroll nye -lrb- brother -rrb- ben nye 12 january 1907 ben nye
 benjamin emmet nye , sr. makeup artist , businessman
ben nye

benjamin emmet `` ben '' nye , sr. -lrb- january 12 , 1907 -- february 9 , 1986 -rrb- was a renowned american makeup artist for the hollywood film industry for over four decades , from the 1930s to the early 1980s .
he worked on over five hundred 20th century fox films both in and out of hollywood .
including `` gone with the wind '' -lrb- 1939 -rrb- , `` miracle on 34th street '' -lrb- 1947 -rrb- , `` gentlemen prefer blondes '' -lrb- 1953 -rrb- , `` the king and i '' -lrb- 1956 -rrb- , `` the fly '' -lrb- 1958 -rrb- , `` valley of the dolls '' -lrb- 1967 -rrb- , and `` planet of the apes '' -lrb- 1968 -rrb- .
his brother was actor carroll nye , best remembered today as frank kennedy , scarlett o'hara 's second husband in `` gone with the wind '' -lrb- 1939 -rrb- .
