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Terrence McNally Mourned by Theater Artists and More

Terrence McNally

Twitter users are showing their love and admiration for McNally, who died today at age 81.

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Theater artists and other admirers are mourning the death of the great gay playwright Terrence McNally, who died of COVID-19 complications today in Florida at age 81.

McNally was author of plays including Master Class, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, and Love! Valour! Compassion! as well as the books for musicals such as Ragtime and Kiss of the Spider Woman. Tweets are showing how beloved he was in the theater community, by LGBTQ people and others.

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Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.