What is William D. Wittliff?
[[File:Bill wittliff 2014.jpg|thumb|200px|Wittliff in October 2014]] '''William Dale Wittliff''' (January 21, 1940 – June 9, 2019), sometimes credited as '''Bill Wittliff''', was an [[Americans|American]] screenwriter, author and photographer. He was born in [[Taft, Texas]]. He wrote many [[screenplay]]s, including for the movies ''[[Raggedy Man]]'' (1981), ''[[Barbarosa]]'' (1982), ''[[Legends of the Fall]]'' (1994), ''[[The Perfect Storm (movie)|The Perfect Storm]]'' (2000), and the miniseries ''[[Lonesome Dove (miniseries)|Lonesome Dove]]''. Wittliff died of a [[heart attack]] in [[Austin, Texas]] on June 9, 2019. He was 79.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/william-wittliff-dead-lonesome-dove-legends-fall-screenwriter-was-79-1217217|title=William D. Wittliff, Screenwriter on 'Lonesome Dove' and 'Legends of the Fall,' Dies at 79|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=June 10, 2019|access-date=June 10, 2019|author=Barnes, Mike}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{IMDb name|id=0937074|title=William D. Wittliff}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wittliff, William D.}} [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:American novelists]] [[Category:American photographers]] [[Category:Screenwriters from Texas]] [[Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction]] {{US-bio-stub}}