Forrest Gump author Winston Groom dies aged 77

Forrest Gump author Winston Groom dies aged 77
Tributes have been paid to Forrest Gump author Winston Groom, who has died aged 77 (Andrew Wardlow/News Herald via AP)

Tributes have been paid to Forrest Gump author Winston Groom, who has died aged 77.

His novel about a slow-witted but kind-hearted man from Alabama was adapted into a 1994 blockbuster film starring Tom Hanks in the lead role.

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