Playwright Romulus Linney Dies at Age 80
Playwright Romulus Linney died of lung cancer on January 15. The author of a variety of plays, the 80-year-old Linney was also the father of Time Stands Still star Laura Linney, who did not attend the January 16 Golden Globes ceremony, in which she won a Best Actress award for her Showtime series The Big C. Best known for his adaptation of Ernest Gaines’ novel A Lesson Before Dying, Linney was the author of …