Award-winning playwright Terrence McNally died Tuesday from complications due to coronavirus at Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Florida, according to a representative.

He was 81. McNally, who was a lung cancer survivor with chronic COPD, was frequently described as the "bard of American theater." His first original work, "And Things That Go Bump in the Night," ran at the Royale Theater for two weeks in 1965 and was criticized for portraying an openly gay character.

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