in a Facebook post.“It is with great sadness that I share the passing of our dear friend Winston Groom,” Wilson wrote. “The City of Fairhope has lost an iconic author today.
Please keep his friends and family in your thoughts and prayers.”It is with great sadness that I share the passing of our dear friend Winston Groom.
The City of Fairhope has lost an…Posted by Mayor Karin Wilson of Fairhope, Alabama on Thursday, September 17, 2020First written by Groom in 1986, “Forrest Gump” would go on to become his best-selling novel, with 1.7 million copies sold.
The novel was adapted into a blockbuster film in 1994, starring Tom Hanks, Gary Sinise and Robin Wright. “Forrest Gump” would go on to win six Academy Awards in 1995, including a Best Actor.
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