Budd Schulberg: Novelist dies

Budd Schulberg: Novelist dies

Budd Schulberg, who won an Oscar for his 1954 novel "On the Waterfront", has died in New York. He was 95.

Budd Schulberg rose to fame with a succession of his 1941 novel "What Makes Sammy Run", his 1947 novel "The Harder They Fall", his 1954 novel "On the Waterfront" and his 1957 screenplay "A Face in the Crowd". He was the son of B.P. Schulberg, head of Paramount Pictures and Adeline Jafee-Schulberg, sister to film producer Sam Jaffe. He was born in New York City on March 27, 1914.

Betsy Schulberg, the author's wife, said that her husband died on Wednesday afternoon after being rushed from his home in Westhampton Beach on Long Island to a local hospital, where doctors tried unsuccessfully to revive him.

The 1954 film "On the Waterfront", directed by Elia Kazan, earned 12 Oscar nominations and won eight of Hollywood's top honors including screenwriting for Schulberg. The film was about corruption on the New Jersey waterfront. Marlon Brando won best actor and the movie was named the year's best film.

In 1950 Schulberg published a novel, "The Disenchanted", which was adapted as a Broadway play in 1958.

Schulberg was also well-known as a boxing writer. He was former chief boxing correspondent at Sports Illustrated. He was inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame in 2002 in recogniton of his contributions to the sport.

Schulberg is survived by his wife and four children.