"Sir Tom Stoppard died at the age of 88, AP confirms on November 29. The Oscar- and Tony-winning playwright died "peacefully" in England alongside his family. "He will be remembered for his works, for their brilliance and humanity, and for his wit, his irreverence, his generosity of spirit and his profound love of the English language," United Agents, Stoppard's talent agency, shared with AP."
""It was an honor to work with Tom and to know him." Stoppard is a five-time winner of the Best Play Award at the Tonys with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead being his first win in 1968 and Leopoldstadt his most recent win in 2023. Even those unfamiliar with live theater have appreciated Stoppard's work, as he co-wrote the screenplay for Shakespeare in Love alongside Marc Norman; the two won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay in 1999."
Sir Tom Stoppard died peacefully in England at age 88, surrounded by family. United Agents said he will be remembered for his works, their brilliance and humanity, and for his wit and love of the English language. Stoppard won five Tonys for Best Play, first for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1968) and most recently for Leopoldstadt (2023), and shared the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for Shakespeare in Love (1999). He revised the final draft of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade under the pen name Barry Watson shortly before production. Born Tomáš Sträussler in 1937 in Czechoslovakia, he fled to Singapore as a child, later lived in India, and settled in Nottingham by 1946. He received tributes from artists including Mick Jagger and King Charles III.
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