August Wilson Dead at 60

Local Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson died today. He had disclosed earlier this summer that he was suffering from terminal liver cancer. The Capitol Hill resident was 60.

Upon news of his illness, tributes had begun to pour in. The Seattle Rep dumped a Neil Simon play in order to add a production of Radio Golf, the conclusion of Wilson's ten-play drama cycle, to its upcoming schedule. And a Broadway theater, the Virginia, will be renamed for Wilson on October 17.

There is a fine biography of Wilson here.