Oscar-winning producer Alan Ladd Jr. dies at 84
Films the son of Shane star Alan Ladd produced or greenlit, including Star Wars, won more than 50 Oscars and 150 nominations.
NEW YORK — Alan Ladd Jr., the Oscar-winning producer and studio boss who as a 20th Century Fox executive greenlit , has died. He was 84.Ladd died Wednesday, his daughter Amanda Ladd-Jones, who directed the documentary , wrote in a Facebook post. No cause of death was given.Ladd Jr., the son of star Alan Ladd, started in the film business as his father's stuntman but rose to become one of its (1974), (1975), " (1981) and (1982). As an independent producer, Ladd Jr. helped steer films including (1984), (1983) (2007) and Mel Gibson's (1995), for which he won best picture.
