Robert A. Katz (February 7, 1943 – June 22, 2022) was an American film and television producer and businessman. He received an

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nomination at the

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for ''Shoeshine''. As a producer on ''

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'', he was nominated for the

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. Katz was the founder of Medcom, a medical education company. He executive produced workout home video tapes by

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and

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. With

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, he was the co-founder of Esparza/Katz Productions, and they produced films including '' Gettysburg'', ''

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'', and '' Gods and Generals''. Katz was born and raised in Los Angeles, and served in the

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as a jet fighter pilot after graduating college. He was married three times, to Tishialu Katz, Pamela Katz, and Patricia Brown. Robert Katz died of

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at the

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on June 22, 2022, aged 79.

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