Gregory Allen Howard, the award-winning screenwriter of “Remember the Titans,” died in Miami, Florida on January 27, 2023, at the age of 70 after a brief illness, according to his publicist.
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Howard is best known for writing the screenplay for Jerry Bruckheimer’s 2000 classic sports film “Remember the Titans,” which starred Denzel Washington and was produced by Howard.
Gregory Allen Howard began his writing career at the age of 48, with the Harriet Tubman biopic “Harriet,” which was originally assigned to him at Disney.
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However, the film didn’t get off the ground until 2015, when Howard joined producers, Debra Martin Chase and Daniela Taplin Lundberg, with Kasi Lemmons co-writing the screenplay. “Harriet,” starring Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr., Janelle Monae, and Joe Alwyn, was released by Focus Features in 2019.
As his career continued, the screenwriter became a long-time contributor to the Huffington Post, writing several widely-read essays including “The Whitewashing of James Brown,” “Affirmative Action for White Boys” and “The Biggest Loser.”
Howard is survived by his sister Lynette Henley, brother Michael Henley, nieces Robyn Bacon and Valencia Kamara, nephew Robert Henley, a grand-niece, two grand-nephews and cousins Pierre Gatling and Patricia Cole.
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