'The Princess Bride' writer William Goldman has died

Jake Coyle, The Associated Press</span>
Published Friday, November 16, 2018 11:12AM EST
Last Updated Friday, November 16, 2018 11:16AM EST

NEW YORK -- Oscar-winning screenplay writer William Goldman has died. He was 87.

Goldman won Academy Awards for the comic Western "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and the political thriller "All the President's Men."

He converted his novels "Marathon Man" and "The Princess Bride" into hit movies and coined a favourite Hollywood catchphrase, "Nobody knows anything," that summed up the mystery of what makes a movie work. In his time, he was among the highest paid writers in the business.

Goldman's daughter Jenny says her father died early Friday in New York due to complications from colon cancer and pneumonia.

His other screen credits included "The Stepford Wives," "Misery" and "A Bridge Too Far."

William Goldman was huge part Of creating some of the seminal movies of the 70’s and beyond. His book on screenwriting was a touchstone for me and I always felt star struck and intimidated seeing him at Knicks games. #RESPECT https://t.co/ED9HUJc50R
— Ben Stiller (@RedHourBen) November 16, 2018

RIP #WilliamGoldman. One of the greatest most successful screenwriters ever. I was lucky as hell to count Bill as a mentor and a friend. Check his credits & see a William Goldman movie or read a Goldman book over the holiday & give thanks that we had his voice in our world. https://t.co/RWRdCoO1Cm
— Ron Howard (@RealRonHoward) November 16, 2018

RIP William Goldman - a man who seemed to see the screen so clearly & wrote for it wonderfully. Defying genre as he did - compare & contrast Butch, Princess Bride, Presidents & Misery. Devoured his films, devoured his books, nobody knows everything but he had SO MUCH to share.
— Jack Thorne (@jackthorne) November 16, 2018

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