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'Chinatown' Screenwriter Robert Towne Dead at 89

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Robert Towne, a super-famous screenwriter who won an Oscar for his script for "Chinatown," is dead. Robert died Monday at his L.A. home, according to a statement Tuesday from his publicist, Carrie McClure. The cause of death was not revealed. In…
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