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of blessed memory

Screenwriter and
Novelist William
Goldman Dies

A Special Exhibit at the Holocaust Memorial Center

On Display October 3 – December 28, 2018

William Goldman

“Michael and I took our family to the
Holocaust museum on a private tour-it was so
meaningful. I saw the Jewish News exhibit for
the fi rst time. It was fascinating.”
- Elaine Serling

Unlike mainstream media – including the Detroit Free Press and the New York
Times – the Detroit Jewish News and its predecessor publication, the Detroit
Jewish Chronicle, continuously reported on the rise and fall of Nazism. View
reports from Hitler’s ascension to power through the destruction of European
Jewry to the trial of Adolph Eichmann.

The exhibit debunks the myths about what was known and when.

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William Goldman, Oscar-winning
screenwriter of Butch Cassidy and the
Sundance Kid and The Princess Bride,
died in New York on Nov. 16, 2018.
He was 87.
Born into a Jewish family in
Chicago in 1931, Goldman pub-
lished his first novel, The Temple of
Gold, in 1957. Other novels include
1973’s The Princess Bride, followed
by Marathon Man in 1974; the latter
was made into a hit film two years
later — notorious for its dentist-tor-
ture sequence.
Goldman began his screenwriting
career in the mid-’60s, on films such
as the Ross Macdonald detective
flick Harper, starring Paul Newman.
Its success on its release in 1966 set
Goldman on his way.
Goldman won an Oscar for
best adapted screenplay for All the
Presidents’ Men, the 1977 film about
the investigation into the Watergate
cover-up, for which he supposed-
ly coined the phrase: “Follow the
money.” He also wrote the screenplay
for Misery, an adaptation of the
Stephen King novel about an obses-
sive fan, which won critical acclaim.
He also worked as a well-known
script doctor, polishing other people’s
scripts without credit.
His memoirs include Adventures in
the Screen Trade, an insider account
of 1970s Hollywood; Hype and Glory
followed in 1990; and Which Lie Did
I Tell? in 2000.
Goldman was married to Ilene
Jones between 1961 and 1991 and
had two children. ■