Aaron Russo was an entertainment businessman filmmaker libertarian political activist and a 911 truther He was bestknown for producing Trading Places Wise Guys and The Rose Later in life he created the documentaries Mad as Hell which calls into question the current state of governmental affairs and America Freedom to Fascism which investigates the breadth of the Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution the Internal Revenue Service IRS and the Federal Reserve System After a six year battle with bladder cancer Russo died on August 24 2007