Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsScreenwriter Kurt Luedtke, known for his Oscar-winning adapted screenplay Out of Africa, died on Sunday.
He was 80 years old.The Detroit Free Press reported that the Luedtke, who also wrote Absence of Malice and Random Hearts, passed away due to a long illness in a Michigan hospital.Luedtke, a Michigan native, first worked in journalism before turning his attention to Hollywood in the 1980s.
After graduating from Brown University, the reporter-turned-screenwriter pursued his a law degree at the University of Michigan and took on journalism courses at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.
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