Oscar-nominated screenwriter Larry Kramer has died aged 84 after a battle with pneumonia and liver disease. The playwright – who was best known for the Tony-Award winning The Normal Heart – passed away in New York on Wednesday (May 27).
Kramer had lived for decades with H.I.V. and underwent a liver transplant due to liver disease. His cause of death was pneumonia, his husband, architect David Webster, confirmed to The New York Times.
Not only was he an accomplished playwright, he was also an author and a famous AIDS activist. The Connecticut-born star began his career as a Teletype operator at Columbia Pictures when he was 23.