RIP Winston Groom
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2020 12:34 pm
Winston Groom, whose novel Forrest Gump was made into a six-Oscar winning 1994 movie that became a soaring pop cultural phenomenon, has died at age 77.
Mayor Karin Wilson of Fairhope, Alabama, said in a message posted on social media that Groom had died in that south Alabama town. The death was confirmed by a local funeral home, which said arrangements were pending.
"It is with great sadness that I share the passing of our dear friend Winston Groom," Wilson wrote on Facebook, adding her community had "lost an iconic author."
Forrest Gump was the improbable tale of a slow-witted man who was a participant or witness to key points of 20th Century history — from Alabama segregationist Gov. George Wallace's "stand at the schoolhouse door," to meetings with presidents.
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Mayor Karin Wilson of Fairhope, Alabama, said in a message posted on social media that Groom had died in that south Alabama town. The death was confirmed by a local funeral home, which said arrangements were pending.
"It is with great sadness that I share the passing of our dear friend Winston Groom," Wilson wrote on Facebook, adding her community had "lost an iconic author."
Forrest Gump was the improbable tale of a slow-witted man who was a participant or witness to key points of 20th Century history — from Alabama segregationist Gov. George Wallace's "stand at the schoolhouse door," to meetings with presidents.
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