Playwright Terrence McNally Dies Of Complications Due To Coronavirus

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Playwright Terrence McNally Dies Of Complications Due To Coronavirus
By Greg Evans
March 24, 2020 11:38am


Acclaimed playwright Terrence McNally has died of complications due to coronavirus. McNally, the author of Master Class, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune and Love! Valour! Compassion!, among many other major works, was a lung cancer survivor with chronic pulmonary disease, and died today at Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Sarasota, Florida, at the age of 81.

McNally’s death was confirmed by his spokesperson Matt Polk. The Tony Award-winning playwright was 81, and is survived by his husband Tom Kirdahy.

A four-time Tony Award winner and recipient of the 2019 Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, McNally wrote landmark and popular plays and musicals including Master Class, Ragtime, The Ritz, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, The Full Monty, Love! Valour! Compassion!, Kiss of the Spider Woman, The Rink and And Things That Go Bump in the Night. His more recent productions include Anastasia and Mothers and Sons.

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[BamaRefugee]

1. R.I.P. Mr. McNally

[ornotna]

2. First confirmed death in my county

[UpInArms]

3. The world will suffer from all of the losses

Forever

Rest well, dear writer