"E.T." Hollywood screenwriter Melissa Mathison dies


US actor Harrison Ford (left) and then-wife Melissa Mathison (right) pose with the Dalai Lama in August 1996 in Beverly Hills, California. - AFP

Los Angeles (AFP) - Melissa Mathison, best known for her screenplay for the 1982 movie "E.T. the Extra Terrestrial" and the former wife of actor Harrison Ford, died on Wednesday, US media reported.

Mathison, 65, died of cancer at a Los Angeles area hospital, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing her brother Dirk Mathison.

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