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Benedict Fitzgerald, the co-writer of Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ, has died. He was 74.

>> on the one and he seems like a very genual and grandfatherly type and then his world view is as extreme as anyone i've ever met. >> reporter: he shared with you a number of conspiracy theories. what did he tell you? >> he believed that the world trade center bombings were a conspiracy, that there was no way the holocaust could have happened the way they said it did, that there were more jews living in europe after the holocaust than before. i never, for once, thought that hutton's views were automatically and naturally shared by mel. >> reporter: hutton did not respond to our request for an...

winning director and producer whose films have taken in billions at the box office. >> i feel like a hundred bucks. >> mel gibson is probably the most complicated, fascinating, infewerating, talented star hollywood has ever produced. >> reporter: from "mad max" -- >> don't get mad at me. >> reporter: "to maverick." >> do you really want to jump? >> reporter: "lethal weapon" to "braveheart" he was "what women want" and what men want to be. >> you're like a genius, you know that. >> can i tell you, buddy, i'm blessed. >> reporter: but the audience's love affair with mel gibson would ta...