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INSIDER via Yahoo News UK· 5 hours agoSo did broadcaster Charles Osgood, fashion designer Roberto Cavalli, producer Roger Corman, NBA legend Jerry West, and MLB Hall of Famer Willie Mays....
Oscar-winning writer of Chinatown, Robert Towne dies aged 89
EuroNews· 5 days agoRobert Towne, who's career spanned some of the biggest classics of the New Hollywood era of...
Robert Towne, Writer of ‘Chinatown,’ Dies at 89
Variety via Yahoo News UK· 6 days agoWriter-director Robert Towne, an Oscar winner for his original script for “Chinatown” and an acknowledged master of the art of screenwriting, has died....
Robert Towne Dies: Oscar-Winning ‘Chinatown’ Screenwriter Who Also Penned ‘Shampoo’, ‘The Last...
Deadline via Yahoo News UK· 6 days agoRobert Towne, who won an Oscar for his Chinatown original screenplay and was nominated for his...
Robert Towne, Oscar-winning Chinatown writer, dead at 89
The Independent· 6 days agoHis film career began in the 1960s, working as an actor and writer for renowned B-movie director ...
Robert Towne, Oscar-Winning ‘Chinatown’ Screenwriter and Famed Script Doctor, Dies at 89
The Wrap via Yahoo News UK· 6 days agoHe was also nominated for his screenplays for "The Last Detail" and "Shampoo" The post Robert Towne,...
‘Write a line, snort a line’: inside the coke-fuelled battle to make Chinatown
Daily Telegraph· 5 days agoThe process of removing that splinter took Towne years, and encompassed drug binges, homelessness...
Robert Towne, Oscar-winning writer of ‘Chinatown,’ dead at 89
NY Post· 6 days agoRecognizable around Hollywood for his high forehead and full beard, Towne won an Academy Award for...
Oscar-winning screenwriter Robert Towne dead at 89
Daily Mail· 6 days agoIn a classic show business story, he owed his breakthrough in part to his psychiatrist, through whom he met Beatty, a fellow patient. As Beatty worked on...
Robert Towne Dead at 89: Legendary ‘Chinatown’ Screenwriter Was One of Hollywood’s Great Scribes
Indiewire via Yahoo News UK· 6 days agoHe and Nicholson’s oft-recounted ’60s scuffling days would put them among the young prodigies...