Search results
Sep 19, 2020 · Winston Groom Obituary. Winston Francis Groom , Jr. March 23, 1943 (Washington, D.C.) September 17, 2020 (Fairhope, Alabama ) Winston Groom, the noted journalist, author and...
March 23, 1943 (Washington, D.C.) September 17, 2020 (Fairhope, Alabama ) Winston Groom, the noted journalist, author and historian, died at home, on Thursday, September 17, 2020, following a brief illness. He is survived by his wife, Susan Oswalt Groom, and his daughter, Carolina Montgomery Groom.
Winston Groom passed away. The obituary was featured in Legacy on September 18, 2020, and AL.com (Mobile) on September 19, 2020. View their obituary at Legacy.com.
- September 23, 2020
Groom was married three times, and was divorced twice. He had one daughter, and three stepchildren. [1] [4] He died from a suspected heart attack at his home in Fairhope on September 17, 2020, at age 77.
Jul 2, 2024 · A representative of the mayor's office in Fairhope, where he had been living with his wife Susan, confirmed his passing.
Sep 19, 2020 · His last novel, El Paso, was published in 2016. Groom spent his later years with his third wife, Susan, in Point Clear, Baldwin County. He was presented with the Harper Lee Award for Alabama's Distinguished Writer of the Year in 2011 and was inducted into the Alabama Writers Hall of Fame in 2018 .
Sep 17, 2020 · Winston Groom, the author of “Forrest Gump,” as well as several acclaimed novels and histories, died Thursday at the age of 77. Groom died in Fairhope, according to Fairhope Mayor Karin Wilson.
