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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 Francis Groom Jr. was born on March 23, 1943, in Washington, the only child of Winston Sr. and Ruth (Knudsen) Groom. His father was a lawyer for the Pentagon who returned to Mobile, Ala ...
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Sep 21, 2020 · 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, has died at his home in Fairhope, Ala. He was 77.
Sep 18, 2020 · 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 died at age 77. Mayor Karin Wilson of ...
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 16, 2020 · Winston Groom. Winston Francis Groom Jr. was an American novelist and non-fiction writer, best known for his book Forrest Gump, which was adapted into a film in 1994. Groom was born in Washington, D.C., but grew up in Mobile, Alabama where he attended University Military School (now known as UMS-Wright Preparatory School).
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Forrest Gump. (novel) Forrest Gump is a 1986 novel by Winston Groom. The title character retells adventures ranging from shrimp boating and ping pong championships, to thinking about his childhood love, as he bumbles his way through American history, with everything from the Vietnam War to college football becoming part of the story.
