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Robert Towne, the screenwriting legend best known for penning the Oscar-winning neo-noir Chinatown, died Monday at 89.
His publicist, Carri McClure, confirmed the news to Entertainment Weekly and said Towne died peacefully at his home in Los Angeles.
After gaining notice as a script doctor and consultant on major films, including The Godfather and Bonnie and Clyde, Towne firmly established himself as a member of the New Hollywood elite with his screenplay for Chinatown. The 1974 film, which stars Jack Nicholson as private detective Jake Gittes, won Towne an Oscar and is still widely considered one of the best screenplays and best films about Los Angeles ever made…