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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Alan_Ladd_JrAlan Ladd Jr. - Wikipedia

    Alan Walbridge Ladd Jr. (October 22, 1937 – March 2, 2022) was an American film industry executive and producer. He served as president of 20th Century Fox from 1976 to 1979, during which he approved the production of Star Wars, on his confidence of George Lucas, which proved well founded. He later established The Ladd Company and headed MGM ...

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  2. www.nytimes.com › 2022/03/03 › moviesAlan Ladd Jr., Hitmaking Film Executive, Dies at 84

    Mar 3, 2022 · Alan Walbridge Ladd Jr. was born on Oct. 22, 1937, in Los Angeles to Alan Ladd, best known as the star of the 1953 western “Shane,” and his first wife, Marjorie Jane Harrold.

  3. www.npr.org › 2022/03/02 › 1084080727Oscar-winning producer Alan Ladd Jr. dies at 84 : NPR

    Mar 3, 2022 · Co-producer Alan Ladd Jr., left, listens as Mel Gibson, right, accepts the award for Best Picture for Braveheart at the 68th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles, Monday in 1996. Also pictured is ...

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  5. www.theguardian.com › film › 2022Oscar-winning producer Alan Ladd Jr, who greenlit Star Wars ...

    Mar 3, 2022 · Last modified on Wed 2 Mar 2022 23.21 EST. Alan Ladd Jr, the Oscar-winning producer and studio boss who as a 20th Century Fox executive greenlit Star Wars, has died. He was 84. Ladd died Wednesday ...

  6. www.starwars.com › news › alan-ladd-jrAlan Ladd Jr., Early Champion of Star Wars , Passes Away

    Mar 2, 2022 · Early Champion of Star Wars, Passes Away. The visionary studio head was 84. March 2, 2022. Many of our favorite films owe a debt, and even their existence, to Alan Ladd Jr. That’s certainly true of Star Wars, which Ladd greenlit and championed as president of Twentieth Century Fox. On March 2, 2022, Ladd’s family announced that he had ...

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  8. variety.com › 2022 › filmAlan Ladd Jr. Dead: Producer Greenlit Star Wars, Produced ...

    Mar 2, 2022 · 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 ...

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