Brock Yates Dead: 'Cannonball Run' Screenwriter Was 82
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The automotive journalist created the cross-country event on which the film is based and penned the script for another Burt Reynolds film, 'Smokey and the Bandit II.'
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Brock Yates Chronicled Enzo Ferrari and the Cannonball Run
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Brock Wendel Yates (1933-2016) - Mémorial Find a Grave
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Enzo Ferrari : The Man and the Machine book by Brock Yates
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Brock Yates, Wrote Hit Film 'The Cannonball Run,' Dies at 82 - CBS
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Cannonball Run' Screenwriter Brock Yates Dies At 82
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Brock Yates crosses the finish line
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Inventor of The Cannonball Run And Automotive Journalist Brock
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Brock Yates: 1933-2016
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Theme: Movies (Late, Late Show) – Cannonball! – Driven To Write
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The “Assassin” is Felled; Brock Yates Dead at 82 - The Detroit Bureau
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Racing loses two special contributors
Brock Yates, automotive writer, driver who created Cannonball Run
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Brock Yates, who wrote hit movie 'The Cannonball Run,' dead at 82
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