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Chartoff's daughter, Julie Chartoff, told CNN he died at his
Santa Monica home surrounded by family, adding: "He was an
amazing father and person; there are no words."
Chartoff shared an Oscar for Best Picture with his partner Irwin
Winkler for the 1976 film "Rocky", which was written by and
starred Sylvester Stallone, according to the Internet Movie
Database (IMDB). The pair would go on to produce the rest of the
films in the series, according to IMDB.
He was nominated for another Oscar in 1981 for producing Martin
Scorsese's biopic of boxer Jake La Motta, "Raging Bull," which
starred Robert De Niro.
His most recent film, "Creed," a continuation of the "Rocky"
series, is in post-production.
(Reporting by Curtis Skinner in San Francisco; Editing by
Dominic Evans)
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