Playwright/Screenwriter Arthur Laurents Dies at 93
Tony Award-winning playwright Arthur Laurents died yesterday of complications from a bout of pneumonia. He was 93.
Laurents was perhaps best known for his work on the stage, most famously penning the book for West Side Story. But he had an extensive film and television career as well. He produced and wrote the screenplay for the Robert Redford/Barbra Streisand love story The Way We Were as well as the Shirley MacLaine/Anne Bancroft film Turning Point. Both film were nominated
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