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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 Fairhope, ...

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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 of the death with ...

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The Tuscaloosa News: Winston Groom, author of 'Forrest Gump,' dies at 77

This story originally published in 2020. Winston Groom, the writer, historian and University of Alabama graduate whose novel "Forrest Gump" became a pop-culture phenomenon, selling 1.7 million copies ...

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Winston Groom, the prodigious author who created the beloved literary character Forrest Gump, is dead at 77. The Washington, D.C.-born writer died in Fairhope, Ala., on Wednesday, confirmed Fairhope ...

FAIRHOPE, Ala. (WKRG) — Winston Groom, the famed author of “Forrest Gump” has died, according to a post by the mayor of Fairhope, Alabama. “It is with great sadness that I share the passing of our ...

FAIRHOPE, Ala. (AP) — 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, Ala. (AP)  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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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 Wilson ...

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