Pulitzer-winning playwright Edward Albee dies at 88Pulitzer-winning US playwright Edward Albee, author of such masterpieces as “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” died Friday at age 88, his personal assistant said in a statement. Pulitzer-winning US playwright Edward Albee, author of such masterpieces as “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” died Friday at age 88, US media reported. / AFP PHOTO / NICHOLAS KAMM (mb.com.ph) (FILES) This file photo taken on December 5, 2010 shows US playwright Edward Albee posing on the red carpet of the Kennedy Center Honors gala performance at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.Pulitzer-winning US playwright Edward Albee, author of such masterpieces as “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” died Friday at age 88, US media reported. His adoptive parents, Reed and Francis Albee, were wealthy from businesses in vaudeville and motion pictures and changed his name to Edward Franklin Albee III, according to the Edward Albee Society. “Edward Albee was one of the great playwrites of our time.

Source: Manila Bulletin September 17, 2016 05:48 UTC