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Nov 5, 2015 · Mathison, 65, who portrayed children as sensitively heroic, died Wednesday at UCLA Medical Center. The cause was neuroendocrine cancer, her brother Dirk Mathison said.
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Nov 4, 2015 · Melissa Mathison, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Steven Spielberg’s 1982 classic E.T.: the Extra-Terrestrial, died Wednesday in Los Angeles, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. She was...
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Nov 5, 2015 · LOS ANGELES (AP) — Melissa Mathison, the screenwriter who crafted the enchanting worlds of iconic family films including “E.T. the Extra Terrestrial,” has died. She passed away Wednesday at age 65 after a bout with neuroendocrine cancer, her sister, Melinda Mathison Johnson, confirmed.
Nov 6, 2015 · Melissa Marie Mathison was born in Los Angeles on June 3, 1950, to Richard Mathison, a journalist, and the former Margaret Kieffer, known as Pegeen.
Nov 5, 2015 · Mathison died Wednesday at 65 after a bout with neuroendocrine cancer, her sister, Melinda Mathison Johnson, said. “Melissa was a remarkable friend not only to me but to everyone who had the privilege to know her,” Mathison’s longtime friend and collaborator Kathleen Kennedy said in a statement.
Nov 5, 2015 · Melissa Mathison, E.T screenwriter and Harrison Ford’s ex-wife, died Wednesday in Los Angeles. She was 65. Mathison’s brother Dirk confirmed the news to Variety, stating that Mathison...
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Nov 6, 2015 · Most writers crave permanence, and in a single sentence Melissa Mathison, who has died aged 65, achieved it. That sentence was “ E.T. phone home,” and it came from what she called “a story of resurrection and redemption.”