Lisa Blount, Arkansas actor-producer, dies at 53:
"Blount won an Academy Award in 2001 for best live-action short film as producer of 'The Accountant.' Her husband Ray McKinnon directed and starred in the film.
She also earned a Golden Globe nomination for playing Debra Winger's best friend in 'An Officer and a Gentleman' in 1982.
Blount was born in Fayetteville and grew up in Jacksonville before moving to Los Angeles. Blount and McKinnon moved to Little Rock in 2005."
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