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2002 Adolph Green, "lyricist, screenwriter", Singin' in the Rain, dies at 86
2000 "Ring Lardner, Jr", writer, M*A*S*H screenwriter, dies at 85 1998 Jerome Bixby, screenwriter/writer, Twilight Zone, dies at 75 1997 Tom Blackburn, writer, author, screenwriter, lyricist, worked for Walt Disney's story department, dies at 71 1996 Steve Tesich, screenwriter/playwright, dies at 53 1996 Lonne Elder, playwright/screenwriter, dies at 69 1996 Stirling Silliphant, screenwriter, dies at 78 1996 Lucio Fulci, director, screenwriter, actor, known for directing gore films, dies at 68 1995 John Patrick, screenwriter, dies at 90 1995 Jack Rose, screenwriter, dies at 83 1995 Howard Koch, screenwriter, dies at 92 1995 Eleanore Griffin, screenwriter, dies 1995 Charles Bennett, screenwriter, dies at 95 1995 Irving Shulman, author/screenwriter, dies at 81 1995 Albert Maurice Hackett, playwright/screenwriter, dies at 95 1994 James Hill, English director/screenwriter (Born Free), dies at 75 1994 Robert Bloch, screenwriter (Psycho), dies of cancer at 77 1994 Jack Davies, screenwriter, dies at 80 1994 Joeri Nagibin, Russian screenwriter (Babje Karstvo), dies at 74 1994 Sidney Gilliat, British screenwriter/director, dies at 86 1994 Rupert Haselden, journalist/screenwriter, dies at 36 1993 Herve Bromberger, French director/screenwriter, dies at 75 1993 Walter Brown Newman, U.S. screenwriter (Cat Ballou), dies at 77 1993 Richard Landau, U.S. screenwriter (Back to Bataan), dies at 79 1993 Bob Verstraete, Dutch actor/screenwriter/director (Alicia), dies at 71 1993 Ken England, U.S. screenwriter (Good Girls Go to Paris), dies at 82 1993 Daniel Fuchs, U.S., screenwriter (Hard Way), dies at 84 1993 Jean Negulesco, film director and screenwriter dies at 93 1993 Michael Kanin, screenwriter (Woman of the Year), dies at 83 1993 Wells Root, U.S. screenwriter (Prisoner of Zenda), dies at 92 1993 Paul D Zimmerman, U.S. screenwriter (King of Comedy), dies at 54 1993 Aben Kandel, screenwriter (Dinner at 8), dies of heart failure at 96 1992 Henry Ephron, U.S. screenwriter (Daddy Long Legs), dies at 81 1992 Philip Dunne, screenwriter, dies of cancer at 84 1992 Helen Deutsch, screenwriter, dies of natural causes 1992 Meade Roberts, screenwriter, dies of congestive heart failure at 61 1991 William Gordon, screenwriter (Back to Bataan), dies 1990 Juliet Berto, screenwriter/actress (Bastienne Bastien), dies at 42 1989 Pierre Boileau, screenwriter (Vertigo), dies at 82 1987 Mervyn Leroy, actor/screenwriter/director (Quo Vadis), dies at 86 1984 John Lee Mahin, screenwriter, dies of emphysema at 81 1981 Georges Brassens, French screenwriter, dies 1981 Paddy Chayefsky, screenwriter (Network, Hospital) dies of cancer at 58 1973 Samuel N Behrman, U.S. stage/screenwriter (Quo Vardis), dies at 80 1973 Frances Marion, screenwriter (Pollyanna, Camille), dies at 85 1972 Ben Affleck, born in Berkeley, California, actor, director, screenwriter, Academy-award winner for Good Will Hunting, 1987, founded production company LivePlanet with actor Matt Damon 1970 Doug E. Doug, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, screenwriter, comedian, played Griffith Vesey on television sitcom Cosby, voice of Bernie in the animated movie Shark Tale, and Sanka Coffie in film Cool Runnings 1968 John Singleton, director and screenwriter, Boyz in the Hood 1967 Frank Butler, actor/screenwriter (Road to Bali, China), dies at 76 1963 Mike Myers, born in Scarborough, Canada, comedian, voice actor, screenwriter, film producer, movies include 'Wayne's World', 'Austin Powers', 'Shrek' 1963 Quentin Tarantino, director and screenwriter, Pulp Fiction 1960 Dudley Nichols, American Screenwriter 1959 Preston Sturges, Edmund Biden, U.S. director/screenwriter, dies at 60 1958 Charlie Kaufman, American Screenwriter 1957 John W. Van Druten, U.S. stage/screenwriter (I Remember Mama), dies at 56 1957 Rupert Haselden, journalist/Screenwriter 1956 Mark Handley, born in Hollywood, California, writer, screenwriter, playwright, married, lived in log cabin with his wife to live in isolation, wrote play Idioglossia, which became the film, Nell, starring Jodie Foster, 1994, directed by Michael Apted 1954 Alex Cox, born in Bebington, Mereyside, England, screenwriter, film director, independent film producer, actor, author, directed film 'Repo Man', wrote book '10,000 Ways to Die' 1951 Pedro Almodovar, Spain, director/screenwriter, Kika, Matador 1951 Dean Pitchford, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, prolific songwriter, screenwriter, director, actor, novelist, Oscar, Golden Globe award-winner, wrote with composers Alan Menken, Rupert Holmes, collaborated on songs for movie, Fame, wrote screenplay for movie, 'Footloose' 1945 Andrew Bergman, director/screenwriter, Soapdish, Honeymoon in Vegas 1944 Joe Eszterhas, screenwriter, Basic Instinct, Showgirls 1942 Steve Tesich, screenwriter/playwright 1942 Tom Mankiewicz, born in Los Angeles, California, screenwriter, Diamonds are Forever 1941 Nora Ephron, New York, novelist/screenwriter/director, Michael, Heartburn 1934 Robert Towne, producer/screenwriter, Chinatown 1932 Terence Frisby, poet/screenwriter, There's a Girl in My Soup 1930 Buck Henry, New York City, screenwriter/comedian, SNL, Get Smart 1928 Ernest R Tidyman, Ohio, novelist/screenwriter, French Connection 1927 Lucio Fulci, born in Rome, Italy, director, screenwriter, actor, known for directing gore films, Zombi 2 and The Beyond, other genres, including giallo, western, comedy 1924 Jean J A Girault, French director/screenwriter, l'Amour 1923 Tom Blackburn, born in Raton, New Mexico, writer, author, screenwriter, lyricist, worked for Walt Disney's story department, wrote lyrics to The Ballad of Davy Crockett 1922 Stewart Stern, screenwriter, Rebel Without A Cause 1920 I. 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Diamond, screenwriter, 1960 Academy Award-Apartment 1919 John Michael Hayes, born in Massachusetts, screenwriter, scripted several famous Alfred Hitchcock films 1918 Rene de Obaldia, French writer/screenwriter, Fugue Waterloo 1918 Ida Lupino, actress screenwriter director/producer, Jennifer 1918 Stirling Silliphant, screenwriter 1918 Ted Willis, prolific English screenwriter, It's Great to be Young 1915 Lardner Ring, Jr., Chicago, screenwriter, Woman of the Year 1914 Howard Fast, New York City, screenwriter, Rachel and the Stranger, Spartacus 1914 George Tabori, born in Budapest, Gyorgy Tabori, writer, theater director, worked for BBC in London, moved to United States, became screenwriter, translated works by Bertolt Brecht, Max Frisch 1913 Jack Davies, screenwriter 1913 Irving Shulman, author/screenwriter 1911 Jack Rose, screenwriter 1911 John Paxton, screenwriter, On The Beach, Kotch, Farewell My Lovely 1909 Joan Harrison, screenwriter 1909 Richard Maibaum, New York City, screenwriter, Goldfinger 1908 Leendert P J Braat, Dutch sculptor/screenwriter 1906 Guiseppe Giacosa, Italian screenwriter (libretti opera Puccini), dies 1905 John Patrick, screenwriter 1903 Walter Reisch, U.S., screenwriter, Ninotchka, Gaslight, Titanic 1903 Niven Busch, U.S. screenwriter, Postman Always Rings Twice 1902 Howard Koch, screenwriter 1902 Cesare Zavattini, Italian screenwriter, Ladri di Biciclette 1902 Cesare Zavattini, Italian screenwriter, Bicycle Thiefs 1900 Jean Negulesco, born in Craiova, Dolj, Romania, film director, screenwriter, directed The Mask of Dimitrios, Three Strangers, Academy award nominee for Johnny Belinda 1900 Albert Maurice Hackett, playwright/screenwriter 1900 Jacques Prevert, France, poet/screenwriter, Paroles 1899 Charles Bennett, screenwriter 1895 Dudley Nichols, American Screenwriter 1893 Samuel N. Behrman, U.S. screenwriter, Tale of 2 Cities, Daddy Long Legs 1893 Ben Hecht, New York City, novelist/playwright/screenwriter, Front Page 1891 Wallace Reid, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor/dir/screenwriter, Every Inch a Man 1890 Marcel L'Herbier, French director/screenwriter, El Dorado 1888 Frances Marion, born in San Francisco, California, screenwriter/actress, Pollyanna 1853 Joseph Sickman Corsen, Curacao, musician/composer/screenwriter |
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