Mike Hopkins (sound editor) explained

Mike Hopkins
Birth Name:	Michael Alexander Hopkins
Birth Date:	1959 8, df=yes
Birth Place:	Greytown, Wellington, New Zealand
Death Place:	near Greytown, Wellington, New Zealand
Occupation:	Sound editor
Awards:	Academy Award for Best Sound Editing (2002 & 2005)

Michael Alexander Hopkins (12 August 1959 – 30 December 2012) was a New Zealand sound editor. Hopkins and American Ethan Van der Ryn shared two Academy Awards for best sound editing on the films and King Kong. The pair were also nominated for their work on the 2007 film Transformers.

Hopkins died on 30 December 2012 after the raft he was in capsized in a flash flood on the Waiohine River, near his hometown of Greytown.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wairarapa Police name Waiohine River victim . New Zealand Police . 2012-12-31 . 2012-12-31.
2. Web site: Oscar winner drowns in rafting accident . Television New Zealand . 31 December 2012 . 31 December 2012.
3. Web site: Oscar-winning sound editor drowns . Fairfax Media (via Stuff.co.nz) . 31 December 2012 . 31 December 2012.