Horton Foote Death Cause and Date

Horton Foote's Death

Born (Birthday) Mar 14, 1916

Death Date March 4, 2009

Age of Death 92 years

Cause of Death N/A

Profession Playwright

The playwright Horton Foote died at the age of 92. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

An acclaimed 20th-century playwright and screenwriter, he is known for works that chronicle small-town life in Texas and the American South. His best-known works include the screenplay for the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird, as well as stage plays such as The Trip to Bountiful (1962) and The Traveling Lady (1954).

He was born in the small town of Wharton, Texas, and he grew up with two younger brothers, one of whom was killed in World War II. His nearly fifty-year marriage to Lillian Vallish Foote began in 1945.

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I so earnestly believe that prayer can be helpful and guide you and protect you and inspire you. I mean, I’m in awe.

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I have enormous respect for the human being because they’re asked to take on a lot. And I don’t think there’s any easy solution. But I think the journey is what you have to finally be satisfied with, but not be afraid of the lessons one has to learn… it ends up as grace. And you grow; you find a way to continue.

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In New York, there are a lot of plays to see, and I try to see as many as I can.

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I don’t think I’ll ever stop writing. I write almost every day. I’d write plays even if they were never done again. You’re at the mercy of whatever talent you have.

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My mother, twenty-two, was Harriet Gautier Brooks, named for her paternal grandmother, but always called Hallie. My father, twenty-six, was Albert Horton Foote, named for his father and great-grandfather, and I was named Albert Horton Foote, Jr.

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