Winston Groom
Mar 23, 1944 - Sep 17, 2020 (76 years old) in Washington, D.C., USA
Winston F. Groom, Jr. (born March 23, 1944) is an American novelist and non-fiction writer, best known for his book Forrest Gump, which was adapted into a film in 1994.
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