92-year-old Spider-Man screenwriter Alvin Sargent died at his home in Seattle, USA, on Thursday.
According to Variety, the screenwriter, who also worked on Paper Moon and Ordinary People, died of natural causes.
The revered screen-writer, who was born Alvin Supowitz in Philadelphia, began his Hollywood career with a brief uncredited role in the movie, From Here to Eternity.
Sargent wrote the hugely successful films, Paper Moon and Ordinary People and the Spider-Man sequels, all of which were released to notable box office success and critical acclaim.
He won Best Adapted Screenplay Oscars for Julia in 1978 and Ordinary People in 1981 and he was nominated in 1974 for Paper Moon. He received Writers' Guild awards for all three films.
Sargent began his working life in earnest as a writer for television, but following his screenplay for the 1966 Michael Caine movie Gambit, he enjoyed steady film work.
He scripted an adaptation of Paul Zindel’s play,The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds for director Paul Newman and its star, Newman's wife Joanne Woodward.
In 1973 he wrote Alan J Pakula's Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing, the story of an eccentric couple played by Maggie Smith and Timothy Bottoms. He wrote two episodes for Paper Moon when it was adapted into a 1974 ABC TV series.
Sargent is reported to have done `uncredited work', according to Variety, on the 1976 remake of A Star Is Born starring Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson.
The screen-writer also contributed to the script for Straight Time, starring Dustin Hoffman. Following work on the first Spider-Man, Sargent collaborated on the screenplays for Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man 3 and The Amazing Spider-Man.
Before his marriage to the film producer Laura Ziskin, Sargent was married to actress Joan Camden from 1953 until 1975. Camden died in 2000.
According to Metro, a memorial service is set to be held in LA, with mourners asked to contribute to Stand Up To Cancer instead of bringing flowers.
