Canadian Paul 97 Posted May 1, 2008 * Horton Foote (1916) I made brief mention of Foote's health here, and I've seen no signs that he's slowed down since. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zorders 1,271 Posted July 21, 2014 John Fasano - Horror author, weapons expert and screenwriter on several crappy action films (including "Another 48 Hrs.", one of my favourite shitty films), dies aged 52. Relatively recent picture of him here: (warning: big image....... of a big guy..) http://pasadenaartbe.../09/img6931.jpg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,618 Posted February 6, 2015 Stewart Stern, writer of Rebel Without a Cause has died aged 92 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,978 Posted April 23, 2015 Monte Merrick, screenwriter and occasional writer of novels, dies of cancer at 65: http://variety.com/2015/film/people-news/monte-merrick-dead-dies-writer-memphis-belle-1201477565/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,978 Posted May 3, 2015 Michael Blake who won the Oscar for the screenplay of 'Dances With Wolves' is dead at 69, "after a lengthy illness": http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/michael-blake-oscar-winning-screenwriter-792983 And here I thought Kevin Costner did EVERYTHING on that movie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,058 Posted May 8, 2015 William Bast, co-creator of The Colbys and who adapted the screenplay for Richard Chamberlain's The Man In The Iron Mask, dead at 84. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/william-bast-dead-colbys-creator-794177 He was James Dean's biographer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,058 Posted May 15, 2015 Gill Dennis, who co-wrote the screenplay for Walk The Line, has passed away at 74. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gill-dennis-dead-walk-line-795926 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,978 Posted June 17, 2015 Actor-turned-screenwriter Jill Hyem who scripted the ambitious TV series Tenko is dead to cancer at 78: http://www.gillespetersonworldwide.com/jon-hassell-words-music-podcast/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,058 Posted July 20, 2015 Douglas Cook, writer on the films The Rock and Double Jeopardy, 56. http://deadline.com/2015/07/douglas-cook-dies-screenwriter-of-the-rock-double-jeopardy-1201482158/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,058 Posted July 23, 2015 James L White, screenwriter for Ray, 67, cancer. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ray-screenwriter-james-l-white-810789 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zorders 1,271 Posted July 24, 2015 James L White, screenwriter for Ray, 67, cancer. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ray-screenwriter-james-l-white-810789 That just shows you, the randomness of life. They're always telling us "Anyone can get cancer" And certainly, anyone could have wrote that film! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted July 25, 2015 James L White, screenwriter for Ray, 67, cancer. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ray-screenwriter-james-l-white-810789 That just shows you, the randomness of life. They're always telling us "Anyone can get cancer"And certainly, anyone could have wrote that film! Anyone (but Dr Z) could have WRITTEN that film as well. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,537 Posted February 8, 2016 Daniel Gerson, co-writer of Monsters Inc, Monsters University and Big Hero 6, dead at 49 from brain cancer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,618 Posted March 2, 2016 Screenwriter Alice Arlen, who collaborated with Nora Ephron on Silkwood, dies aged 75. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,983 Posted April 6, 2016 Barbara Turner Screenwriter of the Oscar nominated films Georgia and Pollack and mother of actress Jennifer Jason Leigh is dead at 80 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,058 Posted July 2, 2016 Death Notice for actor turned screenwriter Owen Holder who has died aged 95. http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/204261/holder Wrote the 1959 series Skyport and the early 1970s series The Doctors among many others. Acting credits include Morley in More Than Robbery and King George VI in Lord Mountbatten - The Last Viceroy. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0390322/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,537 Posted July 13, 2016 Got really excited about a 2017 pick for a minute, but then I found out Craig Spector didn't write Nightmare On Elm Street, he wrote Nightmare On Elm Street V. And nothing else. Anyway, he has stage 4 cancer. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,956 Posted July 13, 2016 Got really excited about a 2017 pick for a minute, but then I found out Craig Spector didn't write Nightmare On Elm Street, he wrote Nightmare On Elm Street V. And nothing else. Anyway, he has stage 4 cancer. How old is he? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Mad Hatter 1,092 Posted July 13, 2016 Got really excited about a 2017 pick for a minute, but then I found out Craig Spector didn't write Nightmare On Elm Street, he wrote Nightmare On Elm Street V. And nothing else. Anyway, he has stage 4 cancer. How old is he?58 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted July 13, 2016 Got really excited about a 2017 pick for a minute, but then I found out Craig Spector didn't write Nightmare On Elm Street, he wrote Nightmare On Elm Street V. And nothing else. Anyway, he has stage 4 cancer. How old is he? Drol, you are approaching your interest in these people from the wrong direction. Ask not how distant they are from their moment of birth; rather, ask how near they are to their moment of death. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,618 Posted August 1, 2016 Eric Bergren, Oscar-nominated screenwriter for The Elephant Man, dies aged 62, complications from liver cancer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,058 Posted September 16, 2016 Dennis Shryack, writer on Turner And Hooch and Pale Rider, dies at 80 of congestive heart failure. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dennis-shryack-dead-pale-rider-929500 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0795461/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,058 Posted September 28, 2016 DDP pick Agnes Nixon, who created All My Children and One Life To Live, dead aged 88. http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/entertainment/celebrities_gossip/Agnes-Nixon-85-creator-of-All-My-Children.html Qualifying Obit awaited. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites