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. Forrest's remarkable, touching, and utterly comic odyssey has just begun: in store for him is an explosive attempt at hog farming his own dubious recipe for adding life to New Coke an encounter with Oliver North of the Iran-Contra affair and a chance yet again to unwittingly twist the nose of history.Mayor Karin Wilson of Fairhope, Alabama, said in a message on social media that Groom had died in that south Alabama town. But fate turns fickle again, and he's soon out on the road selling phony encyclopedias and trying to raise his son, little Forrest, who needs his father more than ever. has gone bust and now Forrest is flat broke, sweeping floors in a New Orleans strip joint, when a fresh opportunity to play championship football puts him back in the limelight - and in the money. She tells me she's always rooting for me. Whenever I really get stumped, I go visit Jenny's grave. Now he returns in the long-awaited sequel to the book hailed by Larry King as 'the funniest novel I have ever read.' A little older, and wiser in his unique way, Forrest is still running - this time straight into the age of greed and instant gratification known as the 1980s. Forrest Gump captured our hearts in the #1 New York Times bestselling novel Forrest Gump, and in the blockbuster film, winner of six Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Actor.

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