Larry Kramer, Playwright and AIDS Activist, Dead at 84
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etonline.comLarry Kramer, a prominent AIDS activist and playwright, has died.Kramer died on Wednesday in Manhattan of pneumonia, reports.
He was 84 years old and is survived by his husband, David Webster, whom he married in 2013.The writer and film producer earned an Oscar nomination for his screenplay for 1969's and is also known for writing his semi-autobiographical play,, in 1985, which was later turned into an HBO film directed by Ryan Murphy.
It starred Mark Ruffalo as Ned Weeks, an activist experiencing the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early '80s. The film also starred Matt Bomer, Taylor Kitsch, Jim Parsons, Alfred Molina and Julia Roberts.Kramer's activist work has been monumental.
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