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- Birth nameLaurence David Kramer
- Larry Kramer was born on June 25, 1935 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Women in Love (1969), The Normal Heart (2014) and Lost Horizon (1973). He was married to William David Webster. He died on May 27, 2020 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- SpouseWilliam David Webster(July 24, 2013 - May 27, 2020) (his death)
- Barbra Streisand bought the film rights to Kramer's play, "The Normal Heart", in 1985. However, Kramer withdrew them in 1995, after Streisand had not made the film in 10 years. Streisand had planned to direct the film after The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996), but that production was so problematic that she could not face directing again so soon. Kramer claimed Streisand preferred to do other work, instead, thereby blocking other directors from making the film. His memorable comment on Streisand's hesitance was "P*ss or get off the pot!".
- In July 2013, Kramer's marriage, at age 78, to architect David Webster, 66, took place in a New York City hospital where Kramer was recovering from surgery.
- Founded ACT UP in 1987, an AIDS advocacy and protest group.
- His play, "The Normal Heart", performed at the Next Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois, was awarded the 1987 Joseph Jefferson Award for Play Production.
- Nominated for the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the play "The Destiny of Me".
- [on the Pavilion on Fire Island] You don't separate the Pavilion from other parts that burned down. It's like St. Tropez] it's one of the great watering spas of social culture. It is the gray place to go during the summer, and it has been for many years, since I was very young. I hope they can get it ready for next summer.
- [his response, 2015, to the question "What is your favorite piece of work?"] They're all my children. I love them all. I'm not ready to go yet. I've still got so much more work to do.
- If you write a calm letter and fax it to nobody, it sinks like a brick in the Hudson [River].
- [In 2002] Kids don't see the dangers of AIDS anymore. It's not that they don't care, but they know they are not going to fall dead quite as fast as we fell over dead [in the 1980s] I am seen again as a prude. I always will be.
- [in 2002, re his script for the musical Lost Horizon (1973)] It was the one thing I have done in my life that I truly regret. People still laugh about it.
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