Larry Kramer, the prolific and often furious author, playwright, and AIDS activist, had died at 84
Larry Kramer in 1993. Photo: Catherine McGann/Getty Images Larry Kramer, the prolific and often furious author, playwright, and AIDS activist, is dead at 84, according to the New York Times. Kramer, who had lived with liver disease and a long-lasting HIV infection, died of pneumonia. Kramer was a founder of the Gay Men’s Health Crisis in 1981, with which he fell out, and later of the more militant ACT UP, famed for its die-ins and other mass protests during the AIDS crisis.
Kramer had early success writing the screenplay for 1969’s Women in Love, which he also produced. He later scandalized the gay and straight worlds with his 1978 novel Faggots, a scathing depiction of pre-AIDS sexual excess. With the arrival of the AIDS epidemic, Kramer became heavily involved in activism, and The Normal Heart was first produced at the Public Theater in 1985.
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