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Kurt Luedtke (/ ˈ l uː t k i /; September 28, 1939 – August 9, 2020) was an American screenwriter and executive editor of the Detroit Free Press. He wrote Out of Africa (1985), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay .
Aug 13, 2020 · Kurt Mamre Luedtke was born on Sept. 28, 1939, in Grand Rapids, Mich., and grew up there, a son of Herman and Virginia (Victory) Luedtke. His father was a lumber broker, his mother a homemaker. ...
Aug 9, 2020 · Kurt Luedtke, the former Detroit Free Press executive editor who went on to win an Academy Award for his "Out of Africa" screenplay, has died. He was 80.
- Tim Kiska
Aug 10, 2020 · Kurt Luedtke, who left journalism for Hollywood and won an Academy Award for his “Out of Africa” screenplay, died Sunday in Michigan after a long illness. He was 80. The Michigan native died ...
Aug 10, 2020 · Kurt Mamre Luedtke was born in Grand Rapids, Mich., to Herman and Virginia Luedtke. His father was a lumber broker. Luedtke graduated from Brown University in 1961 and worked at the Grand Rapids ...
- Clark Hoyt
Aug 12, 2020 · Kurt Mamre Luedtke, the son of a lumber broker, was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on 28 September 1939. He graduated from Brown University in 1961, then worked for a newspaper and TV station in ...
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Kurt Luedtke was born on 28 September 1939 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. He was a writer, known for Out of Africa (1985), Absence of Malice (1981) and Random Hearts (1999). He was married to Eleanor Anna Kruglinski .
