RIP Albert S. Ruddy

[Regan MacNeil]

Producer of the Godfather, among others. RIP.

Albert Ruddy, Montreal-born producer of 'The Godfather' and 'Million Dollar Baby,' dies at 94 | Montreal Gazette

 

[Slacker]

Albert Ruddy, Montreal-born producer of 'The Godfather' and 'Million Dollar Baby,' dies at 94 | Montreal Gazette

“I got a call on a Sunday. ‘Do you want to do The Godfather?”‘ Ruddy told Vanity Fair. “I thought they were kidding me, right? I said, ‘Yes, of course, I love that book’ — which I had never read.”