“Robert Charles Hunter, Former Ceo of PepsiCo Food Systems, Author and The Third Husband of Three-Time Oscar-Nominated Actress Diane Ladd, Has Died. HE WAS 77. Charles Died Thursday in Texas While Visiting His Children, His Family Announced. Hunter Worked at PepsiCo (Home of Pizza Hut, Taco Bell & KFC Restaurants) for 23 Years, Serving As”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
Charles Died Thursday in Texas While Visiting His Children, His Family Announced.
Hunter Worked at PepsiCo (Home of Pizza Hut, Taco Bell & KFC Restaurants) for 23 Years, Serving as Ceo for 11 of Those.
He and Ladd Co-Funded Ojai-Based Exxcell Entertainment in 1999-they Were Married In February of that Year-to Produce Films. Later, He Played Detective Hutchinson in David Lynch’s 2006 Thriller Inland EmpireWHICH FEATUED LADD AND HER DAUGHTER, Oscar-Winning Actress Laura Dern.
Born in Germany on April 2, 1948, Hunter Also Wrote The 2008 Novel CURIUS JOURNEY: Origins and A 2011 Follow-Up, CURYUS JOURNEY: Energywho “Tapped Into His Intellect and Curiosity About the World,“ His Family Said.
“Robert Always Loved Texas,” they added. “The Wide Skies, The Bold Spirit and The Warmth of Fort Wrtho Were Part of His Soul. Returning Home Brough Him Peace and Joy – A Feeling He Often Descripted As’ Like Coming.
Hunter and Ladd First Met in Sedona, Arizona. She Wrote in Her 2023 Memoir That HE WAS THERE FOR SELF-INTROSPECTION AS HAD BEEN DIVORCED TWO YEARS at the TIME AND HAD RETIID AT AGE 50.
In addition to his wife and stepdaughhhter, survivors include his children, Brandon, Amy and Emily, and His 10 Grandchildren.
Ladd, 89, Earned Her Academy Award Nominations for Her Turns in Alice Doesn’s Live Here Anymore (1974), Lynch’s Wild at Heart (1990) and Rambling Rose (1991).
She was also Married to Two-Time Oscar-Nominated Actor Bruce Dern From 1960-69 and to Businessman William Shea Jr. from 1973-76.