Larry Kramer Dead - 'Normal Heart' Playwright & AIDS Activist Dies at 84

Larry Kramer, an Oscar-nominated screenwriter, playwright, author, gay rights and AIDS activist who wrote Broadway’s The Normal Heart, has tragically passed away at the age of 84.
He passed away on Wednesday (May 27) in Manhattan of pneumonia, his husband David Webster confirmed to the New York Times.
Larry was best known for The Normal Heart, which chronicled 1981-84 during the AIDS crisis. In 2011, the Normal Heart won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play. In 2013, he won a special