The brilliant comic writer Marshall Brickman has died at the age of 88. He wrote for Johnny Carson in the 1960s and then went on to write and/or direct films like Simon, Lovesick, The Manhattan Project, For the Boys, and others.
But he's best remember for two enormously successfully collaborations: he was Woody Allen's co-writer on the great films Sleeper, Annie Hall, Manhattan, and Manhattan Murder Mystery, and he wrote the book for the big hit Broadway musical Jersey Boys (about the Four Seasons).
He co-won an Oscar for writing Annie Hall with Woody -- and the two also played jazz together. Woody has given his old friend and collaborator a memorable tribute that can can read here.
RIP.
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