Brian Garfield, who wrote the 1972 novel Death Wish that spawned the popular movie franchise featuring Charles Bronson as an architect turned vigilante, has died. He was 79.
Garfield died Saturday at his home in Pasadena after a battle with Parkinson's disease, Judy Coppage, his literary agent, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Garfield also wrote the screenplay, adapted from his 1975 novel, for Hopscotch, a 1980 comedy starring Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson and Sam Waterston. He said he wrote that book, in which no one dies, in response to the violence of Death Wish, and it won an Edgar Award.
Another of his ...
Garfield died Saturday at his home in Pasadena after a battle with Parkinson's disease, Judy Coppage, his literary agent, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Garfield also wrote the screenplay, adapted from his 1975 novel, for Hopscotch, a 1980 comedy starring Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson and Sam Waterston. He said he wrote that book, in which no one dies, in response to the violence of Death Wish, and it won an Edgar Award.
Another of his ...
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