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DATE: MONDAY, July 23, 1990                   TAG: 9007230171
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: A4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times
DATELINE: LOS ANGELES                                LENGTH: Short

STANLEY SHAPIRO, SCREENWRITER, DIES

Stanley Shapiro, 65, Academy Award winning screenwriter and producer of such glossy romantic comedies as "Pillow Talk" and "Operation Petticoat," died early Saturday of leukemia at Cedars Sinai Medical Center here, according to his close friend, Dr. Robert Miller.

Born in New York City in 1925, Shapiro wrote for radio and television before hitting his stride in Hollywood.

His screenplay for "Pillow Talk" in 1959, first teaming Doris Day and Rock Hudson, won him his Oscar. His most recent film was "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" in 1988, starring Michael Caine and Steve Martin as a couple of con men in the south of France trying to out-con each other. 


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