Winston Groom, the prodigious author who created the beloved literary character Forrest Gump, is dead at 77. The Washington, D.C.-born writer died in Fairhope, Ala., on Wednesday, confirmed Fairhope ...

Winston Groom, the American novelist and author of “Forrest Gump,” has died. Karin Wilson, mayor of his hometown of Fairhope, Alabama, told CNN that Groom’s family shared the news of the death with ...

The iconic film "Forrest Gump" premiered 30 years ago, with a story that includes strong ties to Tuscaloosa and the University of Alabama. The character was conceived by Winston Groom, one of the ...

Author Winston Groom of Forrest Gump fame offers a message of hope to his neighbors and friends who have been displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Groom lives in Point Clear, Alabama. Sponsor Message Mr.

Winston Groom is an excellent author and historian of the first water. He is responsible for, among many other fine works of history and historical fiction, the creation of one America's most popular ...

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, ...

Winston Groom, the American novelist and author of "Forrest Gump," has died. Karin Wilson, mayor of his hometown of Fairhope, Alabama, told CNN that Groom's family shared the news of the death with ...

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 ...

Karin Wilson, mayor of his hometown of Fairhope, Alabama, told CNN that Groom's family shared the news of the death with her office. "I don't have any details right now, but he did die (Wednesday) ...