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Larry Kramer

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Larry Kramer · Arts & Literature

What

Playwright and AIDS activist who co-founded ACT UP and wrote The Normal Heart.

When

1935, Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States — 2020, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Larry Kramer is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Playwright and AIDS activist who co-founded ACT UP and wrote The Normal Heart.

How & why

Larry Kramer was an American playwright, author and AIDS activist who co-founded Gay Men's Health Crisis and the direct-action group ACT UP, and wrote the landmark autobiographical play 'The Normal Heart'. His confrontational advocacy transformed the response to the AIDS epidemic. He was Jewish.

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Source: IMDb (Jewish Actors list)

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Playwright and AIDS activist who co-founded ACT UP and wrote The Normal Heart.

1935

Source: IMDb (Jewish Actors list)