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Oscar-winning producer and influential motion picture executive Alan Ladd Jr., who ushered in the “Star Wars” era of motion pictures, died Wednesday. He was 84. “With the heaviest of hearts, we announce that on March 2, 2022, Alan Ladd, Jr. died ...
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 executives. Alan Ladd Jr, the Oscar-winning producer and studio boss who as a 20th Century Fox executive greenlit Star ...
Alan Ladd Jr, who commissioned George Lucas to write Star Wars, won a Best Picture Oscar for producing Braveheart and was an influential executive for Fox and MGM/United Artists, died March 2, his family said. He was 84. His daughter Amanda Ladd-Jones, who ...
The post R.I.P. Alan Ladd Jr, Legendary Film Exec Behind Star Wars, Braveheart, Blade Runner Dead at 84 appeared first on Consequence. Born October 22nd, 1937, Ladd Jr. grew up in the shadow of his famous father, the actor Alan Ladd (Shane). While he never ...