![]() ![]() George Wallace’s “stand at the schoolhouse door,” to meetings with presidents. “Forrest Gump” 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. Our hearts & prayers are extended to his family,” Alabama Gov. “While he will be remembered for creating Forrest Gump, Winston Groom was a talented journalist & noted author of American history. A local funeral home also confirmed the death and said arrangements were pending. Mayor Karin Wilson of Fairhope, Alabama, said in a message on social media that Groom had died in that south Alabama town. ![]() ![]() (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. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.įAIRHOPE, Ala. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. ![]()
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