William Goldman, the novelist and screenwriter who scripted The Princess Bride, has died at 87. Goldman passed this morning, according to his son-in-law, Mike Pavol.

As NPR reports, Goldman launched his career with his first novel, The Temple of Gold, after graduating with a master’s in English from Columbia University. He then began dabbling in film by contributing to Masquerade (1965) and adapting Harper (1966).

He cemented his place in the industry by winning a best original screenplay Oscar for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in 1970, his debut effort as an original screenwriter. In 1977, he won another Oscar for best adapted screenplay for All the President’s Men.

Goldman also adapted several of his own works for the silver screen. Most famous among them was 1987’s The Princess Bride. The film made $30.9 million at the box office off of a $16 million budget.

As time passed, it established a much stronger following, with a number of quotes entering the pop culture lexicon. In 2015, The Princess Bride even got its own iOS game. The film’s framing mechanism of having the story read to actor Fred Savage’s character is even being copied by Deadpool 2’s PG-13 release.

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