{
  "id": 5008361,
  "title": "Victor Miller Dies: ‘Friday The 13th’ Screenwriter Was 86",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/victor-miller-dies-friday-the-13th-screenwriter-was-86",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-02T03:40:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/09/victor-miller-dead-friday-the-13th-screenwriter-1237065085/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Victor Miller, the screenwriter behind Friday the 13th, has died. He was 86. Miller’s son Ian confirmed his father had died on Monday, August 30, but didn’t reveal the cause of death. “Yesterday my father, Victor Miller, went to his final reward,” read the Instagram post in honor of the screenwriter. “He was almost always […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "Victor Miller, ‘Friday the 13th’ Screenwriter, Dies at 86",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/victor-miller-friday-the-13th-screenwriter-dies-at-86",
        "published": "2026-09-02T02:34:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "Victor Miller, Original ‘Friday the 13th’ Screenwriter, Dies at 86",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/victor-miller-original-friday-the-13th-screenwriter-dies-at-86",
        "published": "2026-09-02T04:45:12.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}