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Fred Roos dead at 89: Oscar-winning producer of The Godfather Part II passes away - as Francis Ford Coppola shares emotional tribute


Oscar-winning producer Fred Roos has died aged 89, just four days shy of his 90th birthday.

Oscar-winning producer Fred Roos has died aged 89, just four days shy of his 90th birthday. Fred Roos possessed a casting instinct that was near infallible: so beautifully demonstrated in AMERICAN GRAFFITTI and THE OUTSIDERS,' Coppola wrote in his tribute, alongside a picture of the pair together. Frances Ford Coppola who worked with Fred Roos (right) on The Godfather Part II lead tributes Tuesday,

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