He also produced THE DARK CRYSTAL , RETURN TO OZ and ahem ...SLIPSTREAM but its the Lucas epics that he'll be best remembered for.
There was scant coverage of his death in the uk media which is puzzling , considering how much the uk was a part of those Lucasfilm epics.
Even if George Lucas was the more well known public figure, its undeniable that Kurtz was an equally significant ' force ' in the actual production of those movies especially EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, still widely regarded as the best Star Wars movie of all.
Here is a vintage interview with Kurtz in STARBURST at the time of EMPIRE's release :
