‘Rambo: First Blood’ director Ted Kotcheff dead aged 94

Ted Kotcheff, the Canadian-born director best known for bringing John Rambo to the screen in ‘First Blood’, has died at the age of 94

Ted Kotcheff, the Canadian-born director best known for bringing John Rambo to the screen in ‘First Blood’, has died aged 94.

The filmmaker passed away at the Hospital Joya in Nuevo Nayarit, Mexico, surrounded by his family, according to his son Thomas Kotcheff – who simply said in a statement: “He died peacefully.”