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Children. 7; including J. T. Blatty. William Peter Blatty (January 7, 1928 – January 12, 2017) was an American writer, director and producer. [1] He is best known for his 1971 novel, The Exorcist, and for his 1973 screenplay for the film adaptation of the same name. Blatty won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Exorcist, and ...
Jan 13, 2017 · William Peter Blatty was born on Jan. 7, 1928, in Manhattan to Peter and Mary Blatty, immigrants from Lebanon. ... Another son, Peter Vincent Blatty, died in 2006; his death was the subject of Mr ...
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Jan 13, 2017 · Blatty's widow, Julie Alicia Blatty, told the Associated Press that the writer died on Thursday at a hospital in Bethesda, Maryland. The cause of death was multiple myeloma, a form of blood cancer ...
Jan 16, 2017 · Last modified on Mon 30 Dec 2019 10.59 EST. William Peter Blatty, who has died aged 89, was miscast as a writer of horror. He shot to worldwide fame in 1971 with The Exorcist, a novel about the ...
Jan 14, 2017 · NEW YORK (AP) — Novelist and filmmaker William Peter Blatty, a former Jesuit school valedictorian who conjured a tale of demonic possession and gave millions the fright of their lives with the best-selling novel and Oscar-winning movie “The Exorcist,” has died. He was 89. Blatty died Thursday at a hospital in Bethesda, Maryland, where he ...
Jan 14, 2017 · The novelist died from cancer on Thursday. Blatty was best known for writing the best-selling 1971 horror fiction about a 12-year-old girl, possessed by the devil, before the 1973 film became a hit.
Jan 13, 2017 · Warner Bros./Photofest. William Peter Blatty, the novelist and screenwriter who helped bring the iconic horror movie The Exorcist to theaters in 1973, died Thursday, the film’s director, William ...
