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.

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.

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, the US studio executive and Oscar-winning producer of films including Kramer Vs Kramer and Fatal Attraction, has died. He was 84. Jaffe died peacefully at his home in Rancho Mirage, near Los Angeles, on Monday (March 10).

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.