Famed film director William Friedkin, who won an Oscar for “The French Connection” and directed such exceptional films as “The Exorcist,” “Rules of Engagement,” and “Sorcerer,” has died at the age of 87.

Born in Chicago in 1935, Friedkin’s parents were Jewish emigrants from Ukraine who fled with his grandparents after a violent anti-Semitic pogrom in 1903.

After graduating from high school at 16 (Friedkin admitted he was not a good student), he started working in the mail room at WGN-TV.

At 18, he was directing live television shows and documentaries, including “The People vs. Paul Crump,” which won an award at the San Francisco International Film Festival.

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