December 2, 1936 -
American playwright and screenwriter
Author of "Driving Miss Daisy" (for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1988 and an Academy Award for Best Writing for Adapted Screenplay in 1990), "The Last Night of Ballyhoo" (for which he won a Tony Award for Best Play in 1997) and "Parade" (for which he won a Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical in 1999)
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