Ronald M. Cohen (December 23, 1939,

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– April 21, 1998,

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) was a US American screen writer and film producer. His screenwriting career started in the 1960s and he studied Film at

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. His screenwriting career encompassed

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, the 1977 film

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and the 1984 TV series

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. In 1977 he wrote a script for the movie adaption of

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s novel

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, but it was rejected by Buchheim. For his screenwriting for the Series ''American Dream'' he was nominated for an Emmy in 1981. His last finished work was the screenwriting for the successful 1997 TV film

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starring Tom Selleck. He was in a relationship with actress

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L.A. Times obituary
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cohen, Ronald M. American male screenwriters American television producers American television writers 1939 births 1998 deaths American male television writers 20th-century American businesspeople 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American screenwriters