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Robert Chartoff | 'Rocky' producer, 81

Robert Chartoff, 81, the Oscar-winning movie producer behind the boxing classics Rocky and Raging Bull , died Wednesday, associates said.

Robert Chartoff, 81, the Oscar-winning movie producer behind the boxing classics

Rocky

and

Raging Bull

, died Wednesday, associates said.

Mr. Chartoff died at his home in Santa Monica, Calif., said Lynn Hendee, president of Chartoff Productions. He had been suffering from pancreatic cancer.

Mr. Chartoff had been a movie producer for nearly a decade when he found his career-defining hit in 1976's Rocky, which won three Academy Awards, including best picture.

He and Irwin Winkler would go on to produce all seven movies in the series, including Creed, which is in post-production and due for release this year.

He also produced a darker take on boxing in the Martin Scorcese-directed Raging Bull in 1980.

His other credits included 1983's The Right Stuff, which won four Oscars, and 1969's They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, a cult hit starring Jane Fonda.

He had five children with three wives, and is survived by his current wife, Jenny Weyman. - AP