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Robert Towne, Oscar-winning writer of โChinatown,โ dies at 89
Read full article: Robert Towne, Oscar-winning writer of โChinatown,โ dies at 89Robert Towne, the Oscar-winning screenplay writer of "Shampoo," "The Last Detail" and other films whose script for "Chinatown" became a model of the art form and helped define the jaded allure of his native Los Angeles, has died.