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Terrence McNally, a four-time Tony Award-winning playwright, has died from complications due to coronavirus. 

McNally died Tuesday at Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Sarasota, Florida, according to representative Matt Polk. He was 81, and a lung cancer survivor who lived with chronic inflammatory lung disease. 

McNally is best known for writing beloved musicals “Ragtime,” “Kiss of the Spider Woman” and “The Full Monty,” as well as plays “Love! Valour! Compassion!” “Master Class” and “Mothers and Sons.” More recently, he penned the musical adaptations of hit movies “Catch Me If You Can” and “Anastasia,” both of which played on Broadway. 

As a screenwriter, he wrote 1991’s “Frankie and Johnny,” starring Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer, and 1976’s “The Ritz,” which starred Rita Moreno and was adapted from his Broadway play. 

On Twitter, stars including Jason Alexander and Lin-Manuel Miranda paid tribute to McNally, who received a lifetime achievement Tony Award last year. 

“His work was vital, intense, hysterical and rare,” wrote Alexander, who starred in the 1997 film adaptation of “Love! Valour! Compassion!” “My hope is that he will inspire writers for years to come.”