![]() He wrote 16 books, fiction and nonfiction. His service included a tour in Vietnam - one of the settings for “Forrest Gump.” Groom served in the Army’s Fourth Infantry Division from 1965 to 1969, the university said. ![]() It was the best known book by Groom, who grew up in Mobile, Alabama, and graduated from the University of Alabama in 1965, according to a biography posted by the university. George Wallace’s “stand at the schoolhouse door,” to meetings with presidents. “Forrest Gump” was the improbable tale of a slow-witted but mathematically gifted man who was a participant or witness to key points of 20th century history - from Alabama segregationist Gov. Our hearts & prayers are extended to his family,” Alabama Gov. ![]() ![]() “While he will be remembered for creating Forrest Gump, Winston Groom was a talented journalist & noted author of American history. A local funeral home also confirmed the death and said arrangements were pending. Mayor Karin Wilson of Fairhope, Alabama, said in a message on social media that Groom had died in that south Alabama town. 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. ![]()
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