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Bama to Long Island[edit]

I was at Bama and knew Winston Groom. I'm interested in how he moved from Alabama to Long Island; and so there is missing - the years after the US Army until his first novels and Forest Gump. (Ole Bama famous saying if you can't get a date , get a Delt) Footnote: After Bama 1961-65 & Vietnam 1966-67, Groom was working at Washington Star ? 1968-1976; then spent some time in NYC hanging out; then back to begin writing in Alabama. Ref: bio —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.192.7.105 (talk) 09:18, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Whoever this is is obviuosly an idiot. If I find him out I will whip his ass. Almost EVERYHING in this "article" is wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.21.76.163 (talk) 05:13, 14 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Texas annexation from Mexico?[edit]

Whoever wrote this article needs to understand that Texas was not annexed from Mexico. See Texas Revolution. East Texan12 (talk) 05:12, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

See Texas Revolution East Texan12 (talk) 04:18, 18 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Source for the cause of death[edit]

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/18/books/winston-groom-dead-forrest-gump.html

He died in his sleep, most likely from a heart attack, his stepson Frederick Helmsing said. MikaelaArsenault (talk) 08:59, 19 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]