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Oscar-winning producer Alan Ladd Jr dies aged 84

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Alan Ladd Jr, the Oscar-winning producer and studio boss who as a 20th Century Fox executive greenlit Star Wars, has died aged 84.

Ladd Jr died on Wednesday, his daughter Amanda Ladd-Jones, who directed the documentary Laddie: The Man Behind The Movies, wrote in a Facebook post.

No cause of death was given. Ladd Jr, the son of Shane star Alan Ladd, started in the film business as his father’s stuntman but rose to become one of its leading – and most widely liked – executives.

As studio head at Fox and MGM (twice), Ladd Jr – affectionately known as “Laddie” – was involved in some 14 best picture nominees, including Young Frankenstein (1974), The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), Chariots Of Fire (1981) and Blade Runner (1982).

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