What is William Goldman?
[[File:William Goldman.jpg|right|200px]] '''William Goldman''' (August 12, 1931 – November 16, 2018)<ref>{{cite web|title=William Goldman Biography (1931-) |work=FilmReference|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/4/William-Goldman.html|access-date=3 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/16/obituaries/william-goldman-dead.html|title=William Goldman, Screenwriting Star and Hollywood Skeptic, Dies at 87|last=Rifkin|first=Glenn|date=2018-11-16|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-11-16|language=en-US}}</ref> was an American [[novelist]], [[playwright]], and [[screenwriter]]. He was born in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]. He won two [[Academy Awards]] for his screenplays for ''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]'' (1969) and again for ''[[All the President's Men (movie)|All the President's Men]]'' (1976). His other written works include his thriller novel ''[[Marathon Man (novel)|Marathon Man]]'' and comedy-fantasy novel ''[[The Princess Bride (book)|The Princess Bride]]'', both of which Goldman made into a movie. Goldman died in [[New York City]] on November 16, 2018 from [[pneumonia]] complicated by [[colon cancer]], aged 87.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-46238747|title=Butch Cassidy screenwriter Goldman dies|date=2018-11-16|work=BBC News|access-date=2018-11-16|language=en-GB}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat}} {{wikiquote}} * {{IMDb name|1279}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Goldman, William}} [[Category:Academy Award winning writers]] [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from colorectal cancer]] [[Category:Deaths from pneumonia]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in New York City]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in New York City]] [[Category:American novelists]] [[Category:American playwrights]] [[Category:Screenwriters from Chicago]] {{US-bio-stub}}