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Playwright, Screenwriter Horton Foote Dead at 92

By the Associated Press

Posted Mar 4, 2009 6:34 PM CST

(AP) – Playwright and screenwriter Horton Foote, who movingly portrayed the broken dreams of common people in The Trip to Bountiful, Tender Mercies, and his Oscar-winning screen adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird, died today in Connecticut at age 92. Foote's writing career spanned more than half... Read full story »

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