A documentary made about Corwin's radio play A Note of Triumph won an Oscar in 2006

Hollywood film writer Norman Corwin dies aged 101

Screenwriter Norman Corwin, who penned the 1956 Kirk Douglas film Lust For Life, has died aged 101.

BBC News | Published: 10/19/2011 05:40

He died peacefully of natural causes at his US home, the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism said.

During a career that spanned more than 70 years, Corwin wrote, produced and directed for radio, TV, film and stage.

In 1957 he was nominated for an Academy Award for Lust For Life, which told the life story of painter Vincent van Gogh.

But he was best known for writing and directing plays for radio during the 1930s and 40s.