Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Let's make this perfectly clear: Forrest Gump is a fictional character and he never, ever played a single down of football at the ...

The iconic film "Forrest Gump" premiered 30 years ago, with a story that includes strong ties to Tuscaloosa and the University of Alabama. The character was conceived by Winston Groom, one of the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Bob Penny, an ...

Bob Penny, a poet and professor who after retirement appeared in small parts in movies including Forrest Gump, Sweet Home Alabama and My Cousin Vinny and in the TV series In the Heat of the Night, ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Bob Penny, an Alabama college professor and actor who performed small roles in movies including “Forrest Gump” and “Sweet Home Alabama,” has died at age 87. Penny died on Christmas ...

Character actor Bob Penny, who had roles in box-office hits "Forrest Gump" and "Sweet Home Alabama," died on Christmas Day at the age of 87. Born Robert Lynn Penny in Anniston, Alabama, on June 29, ...

Bob Penny, who had roles in films such as "Forrest Gump" and "Sweet Home Alabama" has died at the age of 87. AP Bob Penny, an actor who had roles in “Sweet Home Alabama” and “Forrest Gump” died on ...

Bob Penny, a character actor with roles in "Forrest Gump" and "Sweet Home Alabama," died Sunday. He was 87. Penny's cause of death was not revealed in an online obituary shared by the Laughlin Service ...