Playwright August Wilson has died at 60
He finished his 10-decade cycle of African American life from 1900 to 2000.
August Wilson, 60, one of America’s greatest playwrights, died overnight in Seattle.
In May, he was diagnosed with liver cancer and in June his doctors determined it was inoperable. But in August he showed that he was indeed prepared, telling the Post-Gazette, “I’ve lived a blessed life. I’m ready.”
The end came overnight when Mr. Wilson died at Swedish Hospital in Seattle, surrounded by his family, said Dena Levitin, Wilson’s personal assistant.
Jeezus. I saw him for the first, and last time at the Studio Museum in Harlem in 2003. What a loss.
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