Robert Towne, Writer of ‘Chinatown,’ Dies at 89

Writer-director Robert Towne, an Oscar winner for his original script for “Chinatown” and an acknowledged master of the art of screenwriting, has died. He was 89. Towne died Monday at his home in Los Angeles, publicist Carrie McClure said in a statement.  During a long career that began in the 1960s, when he went to […]