Richard Zanuck, who produced Oscar winner “Driving Miss Daisy, dead at 77
Source: Washington Post
LOS ANGELES Film producer Richard Zanuck, who won the best picture Oscar for Driving Miss Daisy and was involved in such blockbuster films as Jaws and The Sting after his father, Hollywood mogul Darryl F. Zanuck, fired him from 20th Century Fox, died Friday. He was 77.
Zanucks publicist says he died of a heart attack at his Beverly Hills home.
Zanucks run of successes as an independent producer rivaled the achievements of his legendary father who reigned over 20th Century Fox from the 1930s until age and changing audience tastes brought him down.
The production company the younger Zanuck founded with David Brown produced The Sting in 1973, as well as Steven Spielbergs first feature film, The Sugarland Express, in 1974 and Spielbergs first blockbuster, Jaws, in 1975. The Sting also won the best movie Oscar, although Zanuck and Brown were not listed as its producers. Jaws was nominated for best picture, as was the Zanuck-produced The Verdict. . . .
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Jaws, The Sting, Driving Miss Daisy and maybe most of all The Verdict - some of my all-time favorites there. I forgive him the clunkers. RIP.