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![]() Tennessee Williams (age 54) photographed by Orland Fernandez in 1965 for the twentieth anniversary of The Glass Menagerie. | |
Born | Thomas Lanier Williams March 26, 1911 |
Died | February 25, 1983 New York City, United States | (aged 71)
Cause of death | Drug overdose |
Resting place | Bellefontaine and Calvary Cemeteries |
Nationality | American |
Partner(s) | Frank Merlo Pancho Rodríguez y González |
Parent(s) | Edwina and Cornelius Coffin |
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Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983) was an American writer, perhaps best known for his play A Streetcar Named Desire. He was of English, Welsh and Huguenot ancestry. He was gay. He was an alcoholic and drug addict who died of an accidental drug overdose.