Abby Mann, the Oscar-winning writer of the 1961 film Judgment At Nuremberg, has died at the age of 80.

Oscar-winning writer Mann dies

Mann won an Oscar for the script of Judgement at Nuremberg

Abby Mann, the Oscar-winning writer of the 1961 film Judgment At Nuremberg, has died at the age of 80.

Gregg Mitchell, spokesman for the Writers Guild of America, said Mann passed away on Tuesday but did not give details of the cause of death.

Mann also won several Emmys, including one for a TV film called The Marcus-Nelson Murders which introduced a maverick detective called Theo Kojak.

The film gave birth to the long-running TV series Kojak.
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