James Costigan Dies
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James Costigan, an Emmy-winning writer for television who worked with some of the leading actors of the postwar years, among them Katharine Hepburn, Laurence Olivier, Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman, died on Dec. 19 at his home on Bainbridge Island, Wash. He was believed to have been in his late 70s or early 80s.
The apparent cause was heart failure, according to the Cook Family Funeral Home, located on the island.
A three-time Emmy winner, Mr. Costigan was perhaps best known for the television film “Love Among the Ruins.” Directed by George Cukor, it starred Ms. Hepburn and Mr. Olivier as two aging ex-lovers. Mr. Costigan’s original screenplay won an Emmy in 1975.
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Mr. Costigan had no known family members, according the funeral home. An obituary last Saturday in The Bainbridge Island Review said that he had lived on the island as a recluse for many years and was found dead in his apartment by neighbors.
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