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Robert Towne Dies at 89 Writer Behind Chinatown
Robert Towne, Oscar winning screenwriter of Chinatown and The Last Detail, died at 89 in Los Angeles after a long career that shaped film noir and LA storytelling. He collaborated with Warren Beatty and Jack Nicholson, won an Academy Award for Chinatown, and earned a Writers Guild lifetime achievement award. Towne began in television and low budget films, credited and uncredited on classics like Bonnie and Clyde and The Godfather, and was known as a sharp, influential auteur among screenwriters.
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