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Rose settled in Jersey in the Channel Islands in 1964. He died there in 1987. He is buried in the Churchyard at St. Clement Parish Church, Jersey. William and Tania divorced; she died in 2015 aged 95. Screenwriting awards
Feb 19, 1987 · He was 68 and the cause of his death last week was not reported. Rose, who also wrote the script for “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World,” lived on the English Channel island of Jersey.
William Rose died in 1987 in Jersey, Channel Islands. William Rose was an American screenwriter of British and Hollywood films. Although born in Jefferson City, Missouri, after the 1939 outbreak of World War II, Rose lived in Canada and volunteered to fight overseas with the Black Watch.
Although he was American by birth, William Rose's screenwriting work displayed a uniquely English voice, from the gentle whimsy of Genevieve (d. Henry Cornelius, 1953) to the darkly offbeat wit of The Ladykillers (d. Alexander Mackendrick, 1955) arguably the blackest of Ealing 's black comedies.
William Rose was born on 31 August 1918 in Jefferson City, Missouri, USA. He was a writer, known for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), The Ladykillers (1955) and It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963). He was married to Tania Rose. He died on 10 February 1987 in Jersey, Channel Islands, UK.
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He was a writer, known for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), The Ladykillers (1955) and It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963). He was previously married to Tania Rose. He died on February 10, 1987 in Jersey, Channel Islands, UK.
Apr 16, 2017 · Rose was credited as a writer on this reincarnation, though he died in 1987 at age 68 on the English Channel island of Jersey.
