Mike Moder, the producer whose credits included Beverly Hills Cop and Crimson Tide, passed away at 86 on August 15, 2022. The son of director Dick Moder, he was born in 1936 in North Hollywood.
He attended Notre Dame High and graduated from Loyola University before starting his career in the film industry in 1960. Moder’s credits include working as a first AD on Jeremiah Johnson, Little Big Man, and Up in Smoke, before he produced those big studios films among many other features and TV.He and his wife Patti married in 1958 and went on to raise Debbi, Jane, John, Jyl and Danny.
Moder was the proud grandfather of nine, and had two great grandchildren.After Patti passed away in 2001, he married Marisa Megurian in 2003.
They were living in Nipomo, CA at the time of his death. Moder will be remembered not only for his towering presence and understated humor but also for his wealth of stories from a full life well lived.
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