McNally died Tuesday at Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Sarasota, Florida, according to representative Matt Polk. McNally was a lung cancer survivor who lived with chronic inflammatory lung disease.
His plays and musicals explored how people connect — or fail to. With wit and thoughtfulness, he tackled the strains in families, war, and relationships and probed the spark and costs of creativity. He was an openly gay writer who wrote about homophobia, love and AIDS.
The U.S. Postal Service in response says it needs to hire as many as 1,000 workers in the Bay Area in order to keep up with the increase in package volume. The agency says the hiring will focus mostly in the San Francisco and San Jose areas.