| Name | | Mario Puzo | |
| General info : | | Mario Gianluigi Puzo (October 15, 1920, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA – July 2, 1999, West Bay Shore, New York, USA) was an Italian American author and screenwriter.
He is known for his novels about the Mafia, including The Godfather (1969), which was later co-adapted into a film by Francis Ford Coppola.
He won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in both 1972 and 1974.
Puzo died of heart failure, aged 78.
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