‘E.T.’ screenwriter Mathison dies

LOS ANGELES — The woman behind the simple, immortal lines “E.T. phone home,” “I’ll be right here,” and “Be good” has died. Screenwriter Melissa Mathison, an Academy Award nominee for “E.T. The Extra Terrestrial,” died in Los Angeles on Wednesday after an illness. She was 65. Mathison wrote the scripts for “The Black Stallion,” “The […]