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Winston Groom, 'Forrest Gump' Author, Dies at 77

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 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, Alabama, said in a message on social media that Groom had died in that south Alabama town.

A local funeral home also confirmed the death and said arrangements were pending.“While he will be remembered for creating, Winston Groom was a talented journalist and noted author of American history.

Our hearts & prayers are extended to his family,” Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said in a statement. was the improbable tale of a slow-witted but mathematically gifted man who was a participant or witness to key points of 20th Century history -- from Alabama segregationist Gov.

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