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Robert Towne Dies: Oscar-Winning ‘Chinatown’ Screenwriter Who Also Penned ‘Shampoo’, ‘The Last Detail’ & ‘Days Of Thunder’ Was 89
Robert Towne, who won an Oscar for his 'Chinatown' screenplay and was nominated for 'The Last Detail,' 'Shampoo' and 'Greystoke' scripts, died July 2 at 89.
Towne also earned BAFTA, Golden Globe and WGA awards for Chinatown, the L.A.-set 1974 thriller starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway. November 23, 1934, Towne got his start with his screenplay for 1960’s Last Woman on Earth before writing for early-’60s TV series including The Outer Limits, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. He later co-penned with Sam Peckinpah the 1968 Mexican Revolution film Villa Rides, starring Yul Brenner, Robert Mitchum and Charles Bronson.
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