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Events on Friday 25 February 1983 1
1911 – 1983Tennessee Williams (1911-1983)Died 25 February 1983, aged 71Tennessee Williams was an American playwright whose works, including A Streetcar Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, won two Pulitzer Prizes and reshaped American theatre. He is regarded as one of the greatest playwrights of the twentieth century. His plays remain widely performed and adapted.