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James Kirkwood Jr.
(August 22, 1924 - April 22, 1989) U.S.A.

James Kirkwood

Musical-writer, author

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Born in Hollywood, California, son of James Kirkwood Sr., actor in silent films, and actress Lila Lee. Kirkwood was a personal friend of Clay Shaw, New Orleans businessman tried on conspiracy charges in the murder of President Kennedy. Shaw was later acquitted and the story of the trial spawned Kirkwood's book American Grotesque.

Playwright and winner of the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, he wrote P.s. your cat is dead, Dance me a song, UTBU, A chorus line. He was notoriously gay. James died of cancer in New York City.

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