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Report: Brother says 'Searching for Sugar Man' director Malik Bendjelloul committed suicide

FILE - This Jan. 28, 2012 file photo shows Swedish director Malik Bendjelloul, left, and documentary film subject Rodriguez, center, accepting the World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary for the film "Searching for Sugar Man" as presenter Edward James Olmos, right, looks on during the 2012 Sundance Film Festival Awards Ceremony in Park City, Utah. Police in Sweden say Malik Bendjelloul has died. He was 36. Police spokeswoman Pia Glenvik said Bendjelloul died in Stockholm late Tuesday, May 13, 2014, but wouldn't specify the cause of death. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok, FIle)

STOCKHOLM - The brother of Malik Bendjelloul has told a Swedish newspaper the acclaimed filmmaker behind the documentary "Searching for Sugar Man" committed suicide.

Johar Bendjelloul told Swedish daily Aftonbladet Wednesday that his younger brother had struggled depression for a short period of time.

Bendjelloul was found dead in Stockholm on Tuesday.

The filmmaker rose to international fame in 2013 when his debut feature film, "Searching for Sugar Man," won an Oscar for best documentary. The film tells the story of how Detroit-based singer-songwriter Sixto Rodriguez, who had flopped in the United States, became a superstar in apartheid era South Africa without knowing about it.

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