FAIRHOPE, Ala. - 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.Mayor Karin Wilson of Fairhope, Alabama, said in a message on social media that Groom had died in that south Alabama town.
A local funeral home also confirmed the death and said arrangements were pending.“While he will be remembered for creating Forrest Gump, Winston Groom was a talented journalist & noted author of American history.
Our hearts & prayers are extended to his family,” Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said in a statement.“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.