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Peter Sellers, as a concert pianist, with Tippy Walker and Merrie Spaeth in the 1964 movie “The World of Henry Orient,” based on Nora Johnson’s 1958 novel of the same name. She shared screenwriting credit with her father, Nunnally Johnson.
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Nora Johnson
Died on October 5, 2017 at age 84
Ms. Johnson was a novelist and memoirist who had an early success with “The World of Henry Orient,” which was later made into a film with the help of her screenwriter father.
Notable Deaths 2017
Remembering Mary Tyler Moore, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lewis, David Rockefeller, Trisha Brown, Glen Campbell, Dick Gregory, Edith Windsor, Sam Shepard, Tom Petty and many others who died this year.