Author of Forrest Gump, Winston Groom, 77, has passed away

Winston Groom, an American author best known as the writer of ‘Forrest Gump’, has passed away at the age of 77. That reports American media.

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Groom died Wednesday evening in his hometown of Fairhope, Alabama, Mayor Karin Wilson confirms. “We are extremely saddened by his passing. He was definitely an icon, ”she told CNN.

The book of Forrest gump was written in 1986 and was successfully made into a film in 1994 with Tom Hanks in the lead role. The book and film tell of the life of a simple soul with a low IQ. Despite his limited thinking ability, he is in the front row of many historical events. For example, he inspires Elvis Presley’s dance style, he is the inspiration for it Imagine from John Lennon and he is the inventor of the smiley. ‘My mom always said life was like a box of chocolates,you never know what you’re gonna get”, one of the most famous quotes from the film.

Forrest gump took six Oscars and also boosted book sales, with more than 1.7 million copies sold.

Groom wrote another sequel Forest gump en also a lot of non-fiction, mainly about military history.

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