![Robert Towne, Oscar-winning writer of ‘Chinatown,’ dies at 89](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3008x1960+0+0/resize/3008x1960!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F7c%2F68%2F08a5ae1a4d58935f2d112de725db%2Fap060307021828.jpg)
Robert Towne’s script for the 1974 film Chinatown became a model of the art form and helped define the jaded allure of his native LA. His other credits include Shampoo and 1990’s Days of Thunder.
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