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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 Groom, a Southern writer who found a measure of belated celebrity when his 1986 novel, “Forrest Gump,” was made into the 1994 Oscar-winning film starring Tom Hanks, died on Thursday at...
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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.
Sep 18, 2020 · Winston Groom, who wrote the novel Forrest Gump, passed away in 2020. The book, about a slow-thinking but kind-hearted man, was adapted into a hit film starring Tom Hanks.
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 of...
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 21, 2020 · By Associated Press. Sept. 21, 2020 11:39 AM PT. Winston Groom, the writer whose novel “Forrest Gump” was made into a 1994 movie that won six Oscars and became a soaring pop cultural...
