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BIRTHDAY

August 19, 1915

Chicago, Illinois, USA

DIED

October 31, 2000

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BIOGRAPHY

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A Hollywood publicist and New York reporter who turned script doctor before having his own screenplays produced in the 1940s, Ring Lardner Jr.'s notable contributions include the acid satire, "Nothing Sacred" (1937), the effervescent comedy, "Woman of the Year" (1942), which earned him his first Oscar, and the noir classic, "Laura" (1944). One of the "Hollywood Ten", Lardner served a term in prison before circumventing his blacklisting by using fronts or writing under the pseudonym Philip Rush. He resurfaced under his own name with Norman Jewison's excellent drama "The Cincinnati Kid" (1965). Lardner won a second Oscar for his script for Robert Altman's brilliant black comedy "M*A*S*H" (1970). His last produced script was the 1977 biopic of boxer Muhammad Ali, "The Greatest".

He is the son of humorist Ring Lardner and brother of writers John, James and David Lardner.

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Ring Lardner Jr., Larry Rhine Die

Nov. 3, 2000

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 2, 2000 -- Two-time Oscar-winning screenwriter and the last surviving member of the Hollywood Ten Ring Lardner Jr. died of cancer in his Manhattan home Tuesday. He was 85. Lardner won an Oscar for his screenplay for "Woman of the Year" in 1943 and "MASH" in 1971. From 1947 to 1965, the screenwriter was blacklisted in Hollywood for being a member of the Communist...

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