- Died of a heart attack while working on location of 'Barry Levinson (I)''s Man of the Year (2006) in Ridgefield, Connecticut. He was 74.
- Brother-in-law of Roy V. Livingston
- Was an Army veteran of the Korean War. He served as an illustrator for the Foreign Language School at Fort Ord in California.
- Linder received an Academy Award nomination for the Levinson-directed "Rain Man" (1988), the Seattle Times called his editing "a major contribution" that heightened the tension of key scenes. The film won for best picture and director. Linder's Oscar, which he shared with three others, for John Frankenheimer's race-car melodrama "Grand Prix" (1966).
- He contributed with the editing of three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Rain Man (1988), Bugsy (1991) and Quiz Show (1994). Of those, Rain Man (1988) is a winner in the category.
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