NEW YORK (AP) — Playwright and screenwriter Horton Foote, who movingly
portrayed the broken dreams of common people in “The Trip to
Bountiful,” “Tender Mercies” and his Oscar-winning screen adaptation of
“To Kill a Mockingbird,” died Wednesday in Connecticut, Paul Marte, a
spokesman for Hartford Stage, said. He was 92.
portrayed the broken dreams of common people in “The Trip to
Bountiful,” “Tender Mercies” and his Oscar-winning screen adaptation of
“To Kill a Mockingbird,” died Wednesday in Connecticut, Paul Marte, a
spokesman for Hartford Stage, said. He was 92.