Oscar-winning screenwriter of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest dies aged 90

Robert ‘Bo’ Goldman has died aged 90, his son-in-law Todd Field confirmed.

The explanation for dying is at the moment unknown for the New York-born screenwriter.

After beginning his profession in Hollywood in 1958, Goldman went on to win quite a few accolades for his screenplays.

In 1976 he gained the Best Adapted Screenplay for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and bagged the Best Original Screenplay for Melvin and Howard 5 years later.

Cuckoo’s Nest was his first main movie credit score after writing for quite a few TV exhibits earlier than Milos Forman selected him to adapt Ken Kesey’s 1962 novel.

He was later nominated for an Oscar for writing the Al Pacino-starring drama Scent of a Woman, for which he gained a Golden Globe.

In 1998, the Writers Guild of America awarded Goldman the Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement.

After news of his dying was confirmed, Danny DeVito, who performed Martini within the Jack Nicholson movie, advised ET: “Working with Bo was a dream. It was an honor knowing him.”

Goldman mirrored on his work as a screenwriter in a 1982 interview with The Washington Post.

“If there is a train of thought that runs through my work it is a yearning,” he mentioned.

“A longing to make the people real and capture their lives on the screen.

“I think there is nothing more fulfilling in the world than to see your view of life realized in art.

“For me, film is unique; it has a peculiar quality for re-creating life. I find life so wonderful, that to try to capture it in art is like trying to catch starlight.”

Goldman is survived by his son Justin Ashforth and 4 daughters, Mia Goldman, Amy Goldman, Diana Rathbun and Serena Rathbun.

He was married to his spouse Mab Ashforth for 63 years till her dying in 2017.

His different movie credit embrace Shoot the Moon, Little Nikita and Meet Joe Black.