Robert Towne, Oscar-winning screenwriter of âChinatown,â dies at 89
Robert Towne, a screenwriter whose mastery of dialogue and insightful storytelling helped define the New Hollywood wave in the 1970s that included the Oscar-winning âChinatown,â and who also built a reputation as a âscript doctorâ to rescue troubled projects, died July 1 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 89.