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Playwright, Screenwriter Horton Foote Dies at 92
Playwright and screenwriter Horton Foote, who movingly portrayed the broken dreams of common people in ''The Trip to Bountiful,'' ''Tender Mercies'' and his Oscar-winning screen adaptation of ''To Kill a Mockingbird,'' died Wednesday in Connecticut, Paul Marte, a spokesman for Hartford Stage, said. He was 92.

Kirk Douglas, at Age 92, Stars in One-Man Show
Kirk Douglas emerges from behind a black curtain and walks purposefully, if a bit unsteadily, to center stage.

Bloomberg.com

Horton Foote, U.S. Dramatist, `Mockingbird' Screenwriter, Dies at 92
Horton Foote, the Pulitzer Prize- winning American dramatist who received an Academy Award for his 1962 screenplay adaptation of the classic novel “To Kill a Mockingbird,” died today in Hartford, Connecticut. He was 92.

New York Times ArtsBeat Blog

Horton Foote, Playwright, Dies at 92
Horton Foote, who chronicled America's wistful odyssey through the 20th century in plays and films mostly set in a small town in Texas, died in Hartford, Connecticut on Wednesday. He was 92.

amNY New York City Theater

Horton Foote Dies at 92
I can't believe it. Horton Foote, the 92-year-old playwright whose works include "The Young Man from Atlanta," "The Trip to Bountiful" and most recently "Dividing the Estate" died at his Hartford, CT home on March 4. Hartford Stage and the Signature Theatre Company are still set to co-produce the world premiere of his "Orphans' Home Cycle" next season.

Hartford Courant Behind the Curtain Blog

Wonderfully Horton
Horton Foote, who died peacefully in his sleep Wednesday in Hartford just 10 days shy of his 93rd bithday, made a memorable appearance in January in a public "conversation" with Michael Wilson at Hartford Stage.

Time Out New York Upstaged Blog

Adam Feldman: Here she is, boys: Leslie Kritzer
Rising diva Leslie Kritzer shoots for musical-theater stardom.

Playbill

* Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright Horton Foote Is Dead at 92

TheaterMania

* Pulitzer Prize Winner Horton Foote Dies at 92
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