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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 · Special to the Detroit Free Press. 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. Luedtke ...
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Kurt Mamre Luedtke was born in Grand Rapids, Mich., to Herman and Virginia Luedtke. His father was a lumber broker. Advertisement. Luedtke graduated from Brown University in 1961 and worked at the ...
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 · Screenwriter Kurt Luedtke, known for his Oscar-winning adapted screenplay Out of Africa, died on Sunday.He was 80. The Detroit Free Press reported that the Luedtke, who worked at the newspaper ...
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Aug 9, 2020 · Kurt Luedtke, who won an Academy Award for the 1985 film "Out of Africa, was nominated for an Oscar for the newspaper drama "Absence of Malice" and a former Free Press editor, died Sunday at ...
