Ugo Pirro, scriptwriter of Oscar-winning movies, is dead in Rome at 87 (Asbury Park P

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Italian scriptwriter Ugo Pirro, who wrote the screenplays for two Oscar-winning movies, including "The Garden of the Finzi-Continis" died today in Rome, city officials said. He was 87. Rome Mayor Walter Veltroni said the city was mourning the loss of "one of the greatest screenwriters in the history of cinema." In a statement, Veltroni, a movie buff and former film critic, praised what he said ...

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