Former head of WGA West and the Motion Picture Academy, writer or co-writer
of films like *Cool Hand Luke* ("What we've got here, is failure to
communicate"), *Dog Day Afternoon* (got him an Oscar), Streisand's *A Star
Is Born *(also directed), returned to TV later as a director (HBO's *Citizen
Cohn* and *Truman*) and co-producer (*Mad Men* and *Good Wife).* In LA; 87.
Deadline <http://www.deadline.com/2012/07/r-i-p-frank-pierson/>
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