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Winston Francis Groom Jr. (March 23, 1943 – September 17, 2020) was an American author. He is best known for his novel Forrest Gump (1986), which became a cultural phenomenon after being adapted as a 1994 film of the same name , starring Tom Hanks .
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...
Sep 18, 2020 · American novelist Winston Groom died this week at age 77. He wrote the book Forrest Gump, which became an Oscar-winning film and cultural sensation.
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...
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...
Sep 18, 2020 · By The Associated Press. FAIRHOPE, Ala. — Winston Groom, the writer whose novel "Forrest Gump" was made into a six-Oscar winning 1994 movie that became a soaring pop cultural phenomenon, has...
Sep 19, 2020 · Winston Groom, a Vietnam veteran and onetime newspaper reporter who found fame as the author of “Forrest Gump,” the novel that was the basis of the blockbuster film starring Tom Hanks as a...