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Frank Price Dies: Former Head Of Columbia Pictures & Universal TV Was 95

Frank Price led MCA/Universal and Columbia Pictures during Hollywood's peak, overseeing films that won 20 Oscars and earned over $1.5 billion in box office revenue.

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Frank Price, a writer and Emmy-nominated producer who rose to chairman and CEO of Columbia Pictures before becoming head of Universal Television, died Monday. He was 95. His son, former Amazon Studios president Roy Price, said his father died in his sleep. Born on May 17, 1930, in Decatur, IL, the elder Price was a TV writer-producer during the heyday of Westerns, including serving in producer roles for more 100 episodes of The Virginians and …

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The Hollywood Reporter broke the news in Los Angeles, United States on Monday, August 25, 2025.
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