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Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, an Oscar nominee whose most famous works skewered America’s food industry and who notably ate only at McDonald’s for a month to illustrate the dangers of a fast-food diet, has died of cancer.

(CNN) - Morgan Spurlock's "Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!" Yet the sequel to his 2004 breakthrough -- which is finally hitting theaters on a limited basis -- holds up in exploring the ways consumers delude themselves in their pursuit of "healthy fast food." Spurlock, famously, ate only at McDonald's for a month to demonstrate the dangers of fast food in "Super Size Me," which became almost a horror movie for anyone who has spent a little too much time in the shadow of the golden arches. But stripped to its core, "Super Size Me 2" answers those questions in a manner that still manages to leave you feeling shaken and, if not crispy, a little steamed. "Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken" premieres in select theaters in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago on Sept. 6 and additional cities and on demand on Sept. 13.