Michael Herr, the Vietnam War reporter who wrote Dispatches and helped pen the screenplays for Full Metal Jacket and Apocalypse Now, died of a long illness near his home in upstate New York on Thursday, June 23. He was 76.
The writer’s daughter, Claudia Herr, confirmed his death to the Michael Herr Dead: Screenwriter for ‘Full Metal Jacket,’ ‘Apocalypse Now’ Dies at 76
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