Irving Ravetch, who co-wrote 'Hud' and 'Norma Rae,' dies at 89 - Los Angeles Times
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Irving Ravetch, who co-wrote ‘Hud’ and ‘Norma Rae,’ dies at 89

By Claire Noland
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Irving Ravetch, who collaborated with his wife, Harriet Frank Jr., on such screenplays as ‘Hud’ and ‘Norma Rae,’ died Sunday at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after a lingering illness, according to publicist Nicole Bamber. He was 89.

The husband and wife became writing partners on the 1958 film ‘The Long, Hot Summer’ and received Academy Award nominations for ‘Hud’ and ‘Norma Rae.’ They had a long association with late director Martin Ritt.

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Ravetch was born in Newark, N.J., on Nov. 14, 1920. He met his wife when they were working at MGM.

A full obituary will follow at www.latimes.com/obits.

-- Claire Noland

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Claire Noland

Claire Noland, who joined the Los Angeles Times in 1994, became editor of curated email newsletters in spring 2015. She had been in the Obituary Department since 2006, the last six years as editor. Before that, she was an editor in Sports. A California native and graduate of Mount St. Mary’s College in Los Angeles, she worked at the Antelope Valley Press, Los Angeles Daily News and Minneapolis Star Tribune. She left The Times in December 2015.

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