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Robert Towne, Oscar-winning screenwriter of Chinatown, dies aged 89

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Robert Towne poses at the Regency hotel in New York, in 2006. Photograph: Jim Cooper/AP

Robert Towne, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Chinatown, considered one of the greatest screenplays of all time, has died at age 89.

Towne, the screenwriter also nominated for his films Shampoo and The Last Detail, died on Monday among family members at his Los Angeles home, said his publicist, who did not disclose a cause of death.

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