Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dorothy, a war widow, was a central character in the film and book "Summer of '42." Evidence suggests the real Dorothy may have ...

Veteran screenwriter Herman Raucher, best known for writing the Oscar-nominated screenplay for the 1971 coming-of-age drama “Summer of ’42,” has died. Raucher was 95. Raucher died on Dec. 28 of ...

Herman Raucher, whose Oscar-nominated Summer of ’42 screenplay became one of Hollywood’s best-loved coming-of-age tales, has died of natural causes at Stamford Hospital in Stamford, CT. He was 95. His ...

The novelist and Oscar nominee started out in live television and also worked on the scripts for ‘Sweet November,’ ‘Ode to Billy Joe’ and ‘The Other Side of Midnight.’ By Mike Barnes Senior Editor ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Herman Raucher, the best-selling author and screenwriter who earned an Oscar nomination for the coming-of-age classic Summer of ...

Herman Raucher, a best-selling author and the Academy Award nominated screenwriter of “Summer of ’42,” died Dec. 28 of natural causes at Stamford Hospital in Stamford, Conn. He was 95. Raucher got his ...