Marshall Brickman, Woody Allen’s Oscar-winning co-writer, dies aged 85

Marshall Brickman (right) with Woody Allen in 1973. The screenwriter, who won an Oscar for best original screenplay with Allen for Annie Hall, has died aged 85. Photograph: TCD/Prod.DB/Alamy

Marshall Brickman, the Oscar-winning screenwriter who wrote some of Woody Allen ’s best films, the Broadway musical Jersey Boys and a number of Johnny Carson’s most beloved sketches, has died aged 85.

Brickman died Friday in Manhattan, his daughter Sophie Brickman told the New York Times. No cause of death was given.