Ruthless! Writer Joel Paley Dies at 69, Only Weeks After the Death of Husband Marvin Laird
Joel Paley, best known as the book writer, lyricist and director of the hit off-Broadway musical Ruthless!, died on January 11 in Milford, Connecticut. According to the New York Times, his sister Barbara Paley Cohen confirmed his death, but did not communicate a cause. He was 69. Paley was born on October 6, 1955, in Philadelphia, and died only six weeks after his husband and collaborator Marvin Laird, who pas…