Playwright Terrence McNally Dies Of Complications Due To Coronavirus

Deadline ^ | 3/24/20

[Borges]

Acclaimed playwright Terrence McNally has died of complications due to coronavirus. McNally was a lung cancer survivor with chronic COPD.

[miss marmelstein]

I seriously wonder also at his HIV status.

[centurion316]

Was he a smoker?

[Responsibility2nd]

Sounds like COVID 19 was just the final nail in the coffin.

RIP

[2banana]

Treatment for cancer absolutely destroys your immune system.

A common cold can kill you.

[nwrep]

Spouse: Tom Kirdahy

[livius]

It says that he was a lung cancer survivor with chronic COPD.

[Nifster]

Never heard of him

[SunkenCiv]

http://www.google.com/search?q=Terrence+McNally

[centurion316]

I read that, but not everyone with Lung cancer and COPD are or were smokers.

[lee martell]

81 years is a pretty good run, with or without COVID-19.
Same age as Kenny Rogers.

[EnquiringMind]

And he was 81

[Rurudyne]

Yep.

[SunkenCiv]

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[CatOwner]

Not to make light of someone’s death, but if it weren’t for COVID-19 and we were out and about as normal, wouldn’t some other flus be the cause of deaths in the US?

[SeekAndFind]

He was 81 and was suffering from cancer. Unfortunately, this is the MAIN Demographic of most Covid-19 fatalities.

This might or might not be of interested to anyone -— He is gay and “married” to a Broadway producer and a former civil rights attorney for not-for-profit AIDS organizations.

[lepton]

Sounds like COVID 19 was just the final nail in the coffin.
RIP

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Yep. His condition is what you think of when you think of co-morbities/pre-conditions.

[Trump Girl Kit Cat]

He was also 81 years old!!!

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

[montag813]

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