Melissa Mathison, ET screenwriter, dies aged 65 in Los Angeles

Melissa Mathison, the Oscar-nominated writer behind Steven Spielberg’s 1982 classic ET: The Extra Terrestrial has passed away after suffering from neuroendocrine cancer on Wednesday November 4 in Los Angeles, California. She was 65.

Mathison was married to actor Harrison Ford from 1983 to 2004 – the pair met on the set of Apocalypse Now – and had two children with the Star Wars star.