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The Hollywood legend—who wrote "Chinatown" and "Shampoo," and served as script-doctor on "Bonnie & Clyde" and "The Godfather"—on why he writes movies for a living.
Robert Towne, whose Oscar-winning work established him as one of the leading screenwriters of the so-called "new Hollywood," died Monday. He was 89.
KCRW remembers the Oscar-winning screenwriter of LA’s iconic film “Chinatown.” Towne also worked on one of the first mainstream Hollywood flicks about a lesbian relationship.
Robert Towne, Oscar-winning writer of ‘Chinatown,’ dies at 89