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'Forrest Gump' author Winston Groom dead at 77
Read full article: 'Forrest Gump' author Winston Groom dead at 77FAIRHOPE, 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. “While he will be remembered for creating Forrest Gump, Winston Groom was a talented journalist & noted author of American history. “It touched a nerve,” Groom told the Tuscaloosa News in 2014. They “took some of the rough edges off,” Groom told the New York Times in 1994. Groom got $350,000 for the rights to “Forrest Gump” plus 3 percent of the net profit of the movie.
Open up a box of chocolates and try your hand at this 'Forrest Gump' quiz
Read full article: Open up a box of chocolates and try your hand at this 'Forrest Gump' quizGetty ImagesBelieve it or not, it has officially been 25 years since the world was introduced to Forrest Gump, Jenny, Bubba and Lt. Dan. Some very well-known phrases were coined from the movie, such as: "Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get," "My mama says stupid is as stupid does," and, "My name's Forrest Gump. People call me Forrest Gump." Saturday marks the 25th anniversary of the release of "Forrest Gump," an iconic cultural movie that won numerous awards and was selected in 2011 by the Library of Congress for preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry.