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Robert Chartoff
1933 - 2015
Robert Chartoff
1933 - 2015
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BORN
1933
DIED
2015
Robert Chartoff Obituary
Chartoff died at his home in Santa Monica, California, Lynn Hendee, the president of his company, Chartoff Productions. He had been suffering from pancreatic cancer.
Born in Depression-era New York City, Chartoff had been a movie producer for nearly a decade when he found his career-defining hit in 1976's "Rocky," the small-budget movie starring and written by Sylvester Stallone that became a blockbuster and won three Academy Awards including best picture.
Chartoff and his partner Irwin Winkler would go on to produce all seven movies in the "Rocky" series, including the forthcoming "Creed," which is in post-production and due for release later this year.
He kept working into his late 70s and 80s, his recent credits including 2013's "Ender's Game" with Harrison Ford and 2014's "The Gambler" with Mark Wahlberg.
He also produced a different, 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 different wives, and is survived by his current wife jenny Weyman.
Copyright © 2015 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
21 Entries
CAROL ADAMS-CHARLEY
November 7, 2016
Gone but never forgotten RIP
Patricia
March 21, 2016
May you rest in eternal peace
O P
January 2, 2016
RIP
How you can show support
September 1, 2015
NOTHING STANDS STILL
Not even for a moment
do things stand still --
Winter ice
melts into clear Spring water --
Simply Clear !
Clear as my old dying heart.
Witness first fall color in the trees -
the branches then go bare.
Nothing stands still.
My mother is gone.
My father has died.
Not even for a moment
do things stand still.
Farewell...
I now pass as all things do --
Empty-handed I entered the world
Barefoot I leave it.
My coming, my going --
Two simple happenings
that got entangled.
Although my breathing ceases,
time and tide go on.
Nothing stands still.
Like dew drops
on a lotus leaf,
I vanish.
Butterflies in flight --
The journey's end.
And still ...
Nothing stands still.
When the mind is at peace,
the world too, is at peace.
Nothing is more or less than real.
Nothing is more or less than absent.
Not holding on to materiality.
Not getting stuck in the empty void.
I am neither holy or wise,
just an ordinary fellow
who has completed his work.
Yet not even for a moment
do things stand still --
~ Bob loved this collage of Chinese & Japanese Zen Buddhist Death Poems ~
often written or spoken by the dying themselves - from 8th to 17th century. ~A~
TD
July 3, 2015
Extending my heartfelt condolences to the Chartoff family. Please remember that you can always look to God to be a true source of comfort and endurance. Isaiah 12:2 assures us that God can be our salvation, our strength and our might. Do not hesitate to throw your anxieties on him because he cares for you
D A
June 17, 2015
My most sincere condolences for the loss of your loved one. May the God of loyal love comfort you during your time of sorrow. May God's word provide you strength and comfort at this difficult time. "He heals the brokenhearted; and binds up their wounds". Psalms 147:1. "God is our refuge and strength, a help that is readily found in times of distress". Psalms 46:1.
b c
June 15, 2015
My condolences to the Chartoff family, friends and colleagues. May you find comfort in your memories of him and the work he left behind as well as God's promise to bring back to life those in his memory--John 5:28
June 15, 2015
I would like to offer my deepest condolences for your loss. May your family find peace and comfort in knowing sickness, pain and death will one day be gone for this has been promised.
G. Freeman
June 13, 2015
As the days and weeks pass, and as you return to life's routine, may you continue to feel comforted by the love and support of family and friends.
June 11, 2015
So sorry for the loss that you've suffered,may God give you comfort..Matt.5:4..north Carolina..
June 11, 2015
Sincere condolences to the family. May God comfort you during this time of sorrow. 2Cor 1:4
michelle plakas-kaiser
June 11, 2015
RIP
Malone Family
June 11, 2015
To lose a husband, father and friend in death leaves a void in our lives. The original purpose for mankind was to live forever under perfect conditions. (Genesis 2:7) Death will stop taking the lives of our love ones.
Les and Billie Bernstein
June 11, 2015
What a loss we have all suffered.
He will be greatly missed by all who called themselves Bob's friends.
TRIAD / MC
David J Bhaltazhar Esq
June 11, 2015
Shalom
June 11, 2015
We offer our heartfelt condolences to family and friends on the loss of your dear loved one. I enjoyed the Rocky series of movies as well as Raging Bull; truly an end to another era. May your precious memories warm your heart and comfort you during this time of grief.
Jane Dowling
June 11, 2015
God bless you and your loved ones ~ Rest in peace.
June 11, 2015
My deepest sympathy to the Famlly may you draw comfort from God's Love to give you strength and peace during your time of sorrow.
Scott Chamberland
June 11, 2015
Rest in Peace
Dwayne Bickham,Sr.
June 11, 2015
In God's care rest in peace
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