Fred Roos, ‘Godfather Part II’ Producer and Longtime Coppola Collaborator, Dies at 89

Executive Producer Fred Roos poses at The U.S. Premiere of Focus Features "The Beguiled" at Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles on June 12, 2017. Steve Cohn/Invision for Focus Features/AP Images

Fred Roos, the Oscar-winning producer of “The Godfather Part II” who helped launch the careers of numerous superstars from Jack Nicholson to Tom Cruise, has died. He was 89.

He died at his home in Beverly Hills, California, on Saturday, a representative said Tuesday, just days after his and Francis Ford Coppola’s latest film “ Megalopolis ” premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.