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NEW YORK (AP) -- 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.

Alan Ladd Jr., the Oscar-winning producer and studio boss who as a Fox executive greenlit "Star Wars," has died

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.

As studio head at Fox and MGM (twice), Alan 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).

Films Ladd produced or greenlit won more than 50 Oscars and 150 nominations, including Star Wars, Braveheart, Chariots of Fire and The Right Stuff.

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, 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…

Films Ladd produced or greenlit won more than 50 Oscars and 150 nominations, including Star Wars, Braveheart, Chariots of Fire and The Right Stuff.

Films Ladd produced or greenlit won more than 50 Oscars and 150 nominations, including Star Wars, Braveheart, Chariots of Fire and The Right Stuff.

Films Ladd produced or greenlit won more than 50 Oscars and 150 nominations, including Star Wars, Braveheart, Chariots of Fire and The Right Stuff.

In later years, Alan Ladd Jr. became an independent producer, and his most notable accomplishment was 1995 Oscar best picture winner “Braveheart,” starring and directed by Mel Gibson.