Is survived by his son Max, and his daughter Frances.
Perished in a helicopter crash that also took the life of filmmaker Andrew Wight.
American cinematographer Mike deGruy and Australian TV writer-producer Andrew Wight were killed when their helicopter crashed and burned on takeoff in eastern Australia while filming James Cameron's DeepSea Challenge.
Fascinated by sharks - he hosted and shot four documentaries about them - deGruy barely survived an attack in 1978 when a grey reef shark ripped off the top of his right arm, which, after 11 operations, left it only partially operable.