August Wilson 1945-2005

brian_igo · #1 10-02-2005, 08:19 PM

NEW YORK - Playwright August Wilson, whose epic 10-play cycle chronicling the black experience in 20th-century America included such landmark dramas as “Fences” and “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” died Sunday of liver cancer, a family spokeswoman said. He was 60.

For what its worth, I think Wilson was the best American writer of the last 50 years.

Godspeed.

robert lashley · #2 10-02-2005, 08:49 PM

this just fucked up my day.

**soxfan**[$] · #3 10-04-2005, 11:27 AM

Redlass · #4 10-04-2005, 11:45 AM

Oof. I'm sorry to hear that.

I am happy that he managed to finish his cycle this year with "Radio Golf" and didn't leave us with an unfinished masterpiece, but one that we'll always have.

Redlass · #5 10-04-2005, 11:53 AM

Quote from him in an article reporting that he had announced he was dying:

Quote:

“It’s not like poker, you can’t throw your hand in,” Wilson told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in a story published Friday. “I’ve lived a blessed life. I’m ready.”