Christopher "Chris" Gore (1944–1988) was an American screenwriter, playwright, and lyricist. Gore wrote the screenplay for the 1980 musical film ''Fame'', for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Gore was born on August 10, 1944, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Shortly after graduating from

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, Gore began writing plays and musicals. One of his early works, ''Mary'', was a musical about

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that was produced in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1967. His first Broadway show, ''

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'', which he wrote with Judith Ross and Galt MacDermot, premiered in 1972. In 1977, he also wrote the book and lyrics for a musical about the Egyptian queen

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. Although his obituary in ''

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'' (citing his mother) stated that Gore died of cancer, subsequent reports now accurately state that he died of AIDS on May 18, 1988 at age 43 in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gore, Christopher 1944 births 1988 deaths 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights American lyricists Northwestern University alumni Writers from Fort Lauderdale, Florida 20th-century American male writers 20th-century LGBT people AIDS-related deaths in California American gay writers