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William Goldman, Academy Screenwriter, Dies at 87
Oscar winner William Goldman known for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and All the President's Men died in New York at 87 from complications of colon cancer and pneumonia. The prolific writer also authored The Princess Bride and advised Hollywood as a famed script doctor. He was born in Chicago in 1931 and studied at Oberlin and Columbia. His landmark Adventures in the Screen Trade popularized the industry and yielded the line Nobody knows anything. His collaborations with Robert Redford defined a era, and his brother James Goldman won an Oscar for The Lion in Winter.
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