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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.
Sep 18, 2020 · Winston Groom, a Southern writer who found a measure of belated celebrity when his 1986 novel, “Forrest Gump,” was made into the 1994 Oscar-winning film starring Tom Hanks, died on Thursday at his...
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Feb 5, 2024 · In 2016, Groom published his first novel in almost two decades, El Paso. In 2018, he was inducted into the Alabama Writers Hall of Fame. Groom resided in Point Clear, Baldwin County, until his death on September 16, 2020.
Sep 21, 2020 · By Associated Press. Sept. 21, 2020 11:39 AM PT. Winston Groom, the writer whose novel “Forrest Gump” was made into a 1994 movie that won six Oscars and became a soaring pop cultural phenomenon,...
Sep 18, 2020 · Writer Winston Groom, whose novel Forrest Gump was made into the hugely successful Oscar-winning 1994 film starring Tom Hanks, has died aged 77. The book, about the childlike optimism of a slow ...
Sep 19, 2020 · Winston Francis Groom Jr. was born March 23, 1943, in Washington, D.C. He grew up in Mobile, where his father was a lawyer, his mother an English teacher.
Sep 18, 2020 · Winston Groom, the American novelist and author of “Forrest Gump,” has died. Karin Wilson, mayor of his hometown of Fairhope, Alabama, told CNN that Groom’s family shared the news of the ...
