What is Lorenzo Semple Jr.?
[[File:Lorenzo Semple Jr.jpg|thumb|250px|Semple in July 2008]] '''Lorenzo Elliott Semple III''' (March 27, 1923 &ndash; March 28, 2014), better known as '''Lorenzo Semple Jr.''', was an [[Americans|American]] [[screenwriter]] and [[playwright]]. He was best known for his work on the [[Camp (style)|campy]] [[television series]] ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]''. He also wrote the [[movie]]s ''[[Papillon (movie)|Papillon]]'', ''[[The Parallax View]]'' (1974), ''[[Three Days of the Condor]]'' (1975), ''[[Flash Gordon (movie)|Flash Gordon]]'' (1980), and ''[[Never Say Never Again]]'' (1983). He was born in [[New Rochelle, New York|New Rochelle]], [[New York]]. Semple died from [[natural causes]] on March 28, 2014 at his home in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. He died a day after his 91st birthday.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lorenzo-semple-jr-dead-creator-675354|title=Lorenzo Semple Jr., Creator of TV's 'Batman,' Dies at 91|first=Mike|last=Barnes|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=March 28, 2014|accessdate=March 29, 2014}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * {{IMDb name|0783913}} {{US-biography-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Semple, Lorenzo Jr.}} [[Category:1923 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:American playwrights]] [[Category:American television writers]] [[Category:Screenwriters from New York (state)]] [[Category:Writers from New Rochelle, New York]]