Screenwriter Kevin Jarre Has Passed Away
Screenwriter Kevin Jarre (”Glory”, “Tombstone”) has died. He was 56, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Jarre died unexpectedly of heart failure on April 3 at his Santa Monica home.
Jarre was a history buff who was entranced by the Civil War since childhood, when he’d received toy soldiers for Christmas. His research on a black regiment led him to write the 1989 movie “Glory,” which won three Academy Awards, including one for actor Denzel Washington.
A majority of Jarre’s scripts were drastically rewritten, including the likes of “Rambo: First Blood Part II”, and especially both “The Devil’s Own”, “The Mummy”, and “Tombstone”.
He was the adopted son of Oscar-winning composer Maurice Jarre.
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