SCREENWRITER THOMPSON DIES
Screenwriter FRANKLIN THOMPSON has died at the age of 75.
Thompson, who also worked as an agent for writers, passed away on 2 Dec= ember (09) at his home in California, according to industry trade paper D= aily Variety.
He began his career in Hollywood as a junior agent at the H.N. Swanson = Agency, before racking up writing credits on 1982’s Forced Vengeance and = several TV series including Standing Tall and Jake and the Fatman.
Thompson also served as an executive consultant on Perry Mason.
A memorial will be held in his honour on 31 January (10) in Pasadena, C= alifornia.
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