He won the Academy Award for best picture for “Kramer vs. Kramer,” shepherded hits like “Fatal Attraction” and had two stints as a top executive at Paramount.

Stanley R. Jaffe, the veteran producer and studio executive who won the Best Picture Oscar for "Kramer vs. Kramer," has died at his Rancho Mirage home at the age of 84, according to his daughter, Betsy.

Stanley R. Jaffe, who won a Best Picture Oscar for producing Kramer vs. Kramer and was nominated for Fatal Attraction, died March 10. He was 84.

Oscar winning Kramer vs Kramer producer Stanley R. Jaffe died peacefully at his home in Rancho Mirage on Monday at the age of 84, his daughter Betsy Jaffe confirmed.

Stanley R. Jaffe, the Oscar-winning producer behind Kramer vs. Kramer and a key figure in Hollywood’s studio system, has passed away at the age of 84.Jaffe died on Monday in Rancho

His “Kramer vs. Kramer” won for best picture in 1980, one of many high points in a career that saw him in top jobs, twice, at Paramount.

Stanley R. Jaffe, who won an Oscar as producer of “Kramer vs. Kramer” in 1980 and served in top positions at several studios, died Monday in Rancho Mirage. He was 84. Jaffe, the son of Columbia Pictures executive Leo Jaffe,

Stanley R. Jaffe, the producer and studio executive who won an Oscar in 1980 for Kramer vs. Kramer and shepherded other acclaimed films like Fatal Attraction , Goodbye, Columbus and The Bad News Bears, died Monday. He was 84.