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Howard Gottfried, who produced 'Network' and 'Altered States,' dies at 94
Movie producer Howard Gottfried, whose longtime partnership with famed scriptwriter Paddy Chayefsky yielded acclaimed films such as “Network” and “Altered States,” has died at 94.
Gottfried, who had a stroke and died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Friday, was a lawyer by training, but had an eye for daring movies and an affinity for adventuresome writers.
He also had a knack for turning chance meetings into productive relationships.
Gottfried met George C. Scott while handling the actor’s divorce, and later recruited him for the lead role in the award-winning film “The Hospital.”
He ran into Chayefsky at a poker game in New York City, where the two cemented a...
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