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The filmmaker who won an Oscar for The French Connection before making a huge success with The Exorcist is confirmed by his wife to have passed away at the age of 87.

William Friedkin, director of "The Exorcist" and "The French Connection," has died at age 87.

Rosdiana Ciaravolo/Getty ImagesWilliam Friedkin, the filmmaker behind 1973's adaptation of novelist William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist, has died at 87. Stephen Galloway, dean of Dodge College of Film and Media Arts at Chapman University, and also the...

He made his name with two of the biggest box-office hits of the 1970s. But despite some later successes, he never regained his early acclaim.

"The French Connection" and "The Exorcist" director William Friedkin has died at 87.

Oscar-winning director William Friedkin, renowned for "The French Connection" and "The Exorcist" of the 1970's "New Hollywood" movement, has died at age 87.

William Friedkin, director of "The Exorcist" and "The French Connection," has died at age 87.

Rosdiana Ciaravolo/Getty ImagesWilliam Friedkin, the filmmaker behind 1973's adaptation of novelist William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist, has died at 87. Stephen

"The French Connection" and "The Exorcist" director William Friedkin has died at 87.

These are the essential films from director William Friedkin that everyone should watch, from The Exorcist to Killer Joe and beyond.