Character actor Bob Penny, who had roles in box-office hits "Forrest Gump" and "Sweet Home Alabama," died on Christmas Day at the age of 87. Born Robert Lynn Penny in Anniston, Alabama, on June 29, ...

Bob Penny, an actor who had roles in “Sweet Home Alabama” and “Forrest Gump” died on Christmas Day at 87. No cause of death was given. Born in 1935, the Alabama native spent the majority of his early ...

Bob Penny, a poet and professor who after retirement appeared in small parts in movies including Forrest Gump, Sweet Home Alabama and My Cousin Vinny and in the TV series In the Heat of the Night, ...

Bob Penny, a bit actor who appeared in Sweet Home Alabama, has died. He was 87. Penny died on December 25 in Huntsville, Alabama, per his obituary. No cause of death was given. The actor worked as a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Bob Penny, an ...

“Forrest Gump” has an odd, essentially contradictory position in pop culture. But that befits an odd, sometimes contradictory movie. Thirty years after its July 1994 release, “Forrest Gump” remains ...

Winston Groom, the author of “Forrest Gump,” as well as several acclaimed novels and histories, died Thursday at the age of 77. Groom died in Fairhope, according to Fairhope Mayor Karin Wilson. A ...

Some say he isn’t a smart man. But he knows what a super-spreader is. In the opposite direction of where the mostly mask-less masses converged on the Strip to scream, hug and kiss to honor the Crimson ...

An Alabama football fan dressed as Forrest Gump running through Tuscaloosa is the best possible way to celebrate the Crimson Tide National Championship. Alabama football claimed its sixth National ...