Terrence McNally, Tony-winning playwright, dead of coronavirus complications at 81

One of America’s great playwrights, whose prolific career included winning multiple Tony Awards, has died of complications from the coronavirus.

Terrence McNally, known for the plays “Love! Valour! Compassion!” and “Master Class” and the musicals “Ragtime” and “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” was 81.

McNally died Tuesday at Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Sarasota, Fla., according to representative Matt Polk.

McNally was a lung cancer survivor who lived with chronic inflammatory lung disease.

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