Writer Winston Groom, author of Forrest Gump, died

2020-09-18T05:31:52.773Z

Writer Winston Groom, author of Forrest Gump, died. CNN reports it citing Karin Wilson, mayor of Fairhope, the hometown of Groom in Alabama. Groom was 77 years old. The 1994 film by Zemeckis and with Tom Hanks, based on the novel, won six Oscars and became a cultural phenomenon. "While he will be remembered for creating Forrest Gump, Winston Groom was a talented journalist and well-known author of American history. Our hearts and prayers extend to his family," Alabama Governor Kay said in a statement. Ivey. Groom, who grew up in Mobile, Alabama, and graduated from the University of Alabama in 1965, wrote 16 books, including fiction and non-fiction. Conversations with the Enemy, about an American prisoner of war in Vietnam accused of collaborationism, was a finalist of the Pulitzer Prize.