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Winston Francis Groom Jr. (March 23, 1943 – September 17, 2020) [1] [2] 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 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 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 ...
Sep 18, 2020 · CNN —. Winston Groom, the American novelist and author of “Forrest Gump,” has died. Karin Wilson, mayor of his hometown of Fairhope, Alabama, told CNN that Groom’s family shared the news ...
Sep 19, 2020 · Winston Groom, a Vietnam veteran and onetime newspaper reporter who found fame as the author of “Forrest Gump,” the novel that was the basis of the blockbuster film starring Tom Hanks as a ...
Sep 17, 2020 · FAIRHOPE, ALA. -- 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 ...
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