Home News Oscar-winning screenwriter of 'The Candidate,' born in Olean, dies at 88

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By Olean Times Herald staff

March 12, 2026

Oscar-winning screenwriter of ‘The Candidate,’ born in Olean, dies at 88

An Olean-born writer, whose experience as a speechwriter for 1968 presidential candidate Eugene McCa...

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