Playwright Arthur Miller, the creator of The Crucible and Death of a Salesman, has died at the age of 89. Miller died on Thursday evening, having battled with cancer, pneumonia and a heart condition.
He was one of the most significant American writers of the 20th Century, whose fame was further magnified by his short-lived marriage to Marilyn Monroe.
His play The Crucible was inspired by the hysteria of the McCarthy witch hunts which he became embroiled in.
New York-born Miller was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Death of a Salesman in 1949 at the age of just 33.
The main character in Death of a Salesman, Willy Loman, became a symbol of the struggle of the “little man” to realize the American Dream.
The play is still widely performed today, while the TV movie version picked up numerous awards for its star Dustin Hoffman.
Source: bbc
