I first encountered his plays when I was 14 or 15, living in the Bible Belt of Texas, where I was completely in the dark about the AIDS epidemic other than just tabloid headlines.
His words changed my life. He stood up and said, "We are worthy of love and we are worthy of respect and demand what we need to survive because we are human beings like you." I certainly loved him and loved my time with him.
I was wrecked on Wednesday, I have to be honest -- between Mart Crowley and then Terrence McNally and now Larry, I just feel like so many of my heroes have departed, it really hit me hard.
Larry is one of those people who you didn't know even when he wasn’t in the best health, I just always figured he’d live forever I guess.