Richard Rosenberg (born Michael Knight in Chicago, Illinois, name changed after adoption

Adoption

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 as an infant) was an amateur filmmaker and science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

 & comic book

Comic book

A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...

 fan in University City, Missouri

University City, Missouri

University City is an inner-ring suburb in St. Louis County, Missouri. The population was 35,371 in 2010 census. The city was shaped by Washington University in St. Louis, whose campus abuts the city to the southeast....

 who made films with Bob Gale

Bob Gale

Michael Robert "Bob" Gale is an American screenwriter who co-wrote the science fiction film Back to the Future with writing partner Robert Zemeckis, and the screenplays for the film's two sequels. Gale also co-produced all three films....

 prior to Gale's beginning his professional career. Rosenberg took over the Commando Cus

Commando Cus

Commando Cus was the main character in a series of amateur films parodying the movie serial hero Commando Cody, made by Bob Gale before he began his professional film career, and the late Richard Rosenberg....

parody film series from Gale and wrote and directed the third film in the series, Commando Cus vs. Kung Fu Killers in 1973. At the time of his death from carbon monoxide poisoning

Carbon monoxide poisoning

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 in Wentzville, Missouri

Wentzville, Missouri

Wentzville is a city located in western St. Charles County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 29,070. The city's major employer is General Motors which has a full size van assembly plant located there. As the site of the county fairgrounds,...

 he had written and was filming what was intended to be the fourth film in the series, The 100% All-Beef Doom.

Rosenberg had been a Libertarian Party

Libertarian Party (United States)

The Libertarian Party is the third largest and fastest growing political party in the United States. The political platform of the Libertarian Party reflects its brand of libertarianism, favoring minimally regulated, laissez-faire markets, strong civil liberties, minimally regulated migration...

 candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Missouri in the 1980s, and also was a member of the Church of the Sub-Genius.