William Friedkin, Oscar-winning director of 'The Exorcist,' dead at 87

ViewWilliam Friedkin, the Oscar winning director who became a top filmmaker in his 30s with the gripping "The French Connection" and the horrifying "The Exorcist," and struggled in the following decades to match his early success, has died. He was 87.

Friedkin, who won the best director Oscar for "The French Connection," died...