Frank Capra Jr. Dies

Frank Capra Jr., a producer who helped build a major television and movie studio and whose father directed the Christmas classic "It's A Wonderful Life," has died. He was 73.

Capra Jr. died Wednesday night at a hospital in Philadelphia, said Bill Vassar, the executive vice president of Wilmington-based EUE Screen Gems Studios, of which Capra was president. Capra died after a long fight with prostate cancer, Vassar said.

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Capra's survivors include his wife, Debra, and daughter, Christina, both of Santa Barbara, Calif.; two sons, Frank Capra III, of Los Angeles, and Jonathan Capra, of Wilmington; a sister, Lucille Capra, of Traverse City, Mich.; and brother Tom Capra, of Palm Desert, Calif.

Rest In Peace, Frank.