Oscar-Winning Producer Arnold Kopelson Dies At 83

The Fugitive Producer Arnold Kopelson Pa s ses Away

• The Fugitive and Platoon producer Arnold Kopelson died.
• The Academy Award-winning producer died at 83.
• Kopelson was a prominent producer in Hollywood from 1970s through early 2000.
• After his retirement, he became a board member of CBS Corp, he served the corporation from 2007 to September 2018.
• Kopelson is survived by his wife Anne Kopelson and children Peter, Evan, and Stephanie.

Producer Arnold Kopelson, best known for Platoon and The Fugitive, died at 83 on Monday, 8th October at his home in Beverly Hills, California.

Kopelson's wife and business partner of 42 years, Anne Kopelson confirmed the Oscar-winning producer's death where she called her husband a consummate producer.

Kopelson told Variety,

He loved what he did. He loved dealing with people in making movies and had a very, very big heart.

Kopelson was a familiar name in the Hollywood from the 70s to until early 2000. Kopelson had been a board member of CBS Corporation from 2007 until September 2018. Sumber Redstone and former CBS chairman-CEO Leslie Moonves were some of the close friends of Kopelson in CBS Corp.

The CBS Corp. paid their tribute to the late producer releasing a statement following his death news was revealed. The statement read:

Arnold was a man of exceptional talent whose legacy will long survive him. He also, of course, was a highly dedicated CBS board member for more than 10 years. Our hearts go out to Anne and his family.

He is widely known for his artistic work in the Charlie Sheen starrer Platoon (1986), directed by Oliver Stone. The movie received five Academy Awards including the best picture Oscar for him.

Later in 1993, he received another best-picture nomination for The Fugitive. The movie starred Ford as a man wrongly convicted of murdering his wife. It also featured Tommy Lee Jones as a U.S. Marshal who tries to chase Ford down.

Most recently, Kopelson was dragged into the legal battle between CBS and Shari Redstone after a recent video of Sumner Redstone taken by Kopelson was introduced into the court. The video was presented in the court to support CBS' claim that Sumner Redstone was no longer capable of making his own decision.

Kopelson is survived by his wife Kopelson, and children; Peter, Evan, and Stephanie.