Klute screenwriter Andy Lewis dies

Oscar-nominated screenwriter Andy Lewis has died at the age of 92.
Lewis died of natural causes at his home in Walpole in New Hampshire on 28 February (18), his partner France Menk told The Hollywood Reporter.
Lewis is best known for sharing the Oscar nomination with his brother Dave for their screenplay for 1971 crime thriller Klute. The movie gave Jane Fonda her first Oscar for Best Actress for her portrayal of call girl Bree Daniels, who helps a detective, played by Donald Sutherland, with a missing person case.
In the 1950s and ’60s, he also wrote for TV shows such as Hudson’s Bay, Dr. Kildare, Profiles in Courage, Encounter and The F.B.I.
Besides script writing, he produced off-Broadway play The Infantry and wrote some speeches for politicians like John F. Kennedy, who was the Senator of Massachusetts when Lewis met him while working on TV show Omnibus.
After Klute, Lewis wrote 1974 TV movie Big Rose: Double Trouble before retiring from writing in 1985 to devote his time to architecture.
He is survived by his six children.