Larry Kramer was an influential playwright and AIDS activist whose best-known play is “The Normal Heart,” which was about the early days of the AIDS crisis.
Details of Death: Died at the age of 84 from pneumonia.
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Playwright and AIDS Activist
Kramer was a screenwriter who wrote the 1969 movie “Women in Love,” which earned him an Academy Award nomination. When the AIDS crisis began to escalate, Kramer became an outspoken activist for AIDS research and treatment. He created the Gay Men’s Health Crisis group where he was known for his aggressive views which received push back from some in the gay community. He wrote about that experience in his 1985 play “The Normal Heart.” The play had a Broadway revival in 2011 and won three Tony Awards. In 1987, he was a co-founder of the activist group ACT UP.
What they said about him
Reading The Normal Heart as a kid changed my life and I was completely overwhelmed when I first met its author during its 2011 Broadway run. Devastated to learn of Larry Kramer’s passing and holding all his loved ones in my heart. Rest in power. https://t.co/R22u5rRCIq
Don’t know a soul who saw or read The Normal Heart and came away unmoved, unchanged. What an extraordinary writer, what a life. Thank you, Larry Kramer. pic.twitter.com/M3hA0cNrCU
Fauci has a big soul: "'Once you got past the rhetoric,” Dr. Fauci said…, “you found that Larry Kramer made a lot of sense, and that he had a heart of gold.'" RIP, Larry Kramer. You showed how the world often needs troublemakers who go too far. https://t.co/dguMc5W4TH
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