Bernard Pomerance Dies: 'Elephant Man' Playwright Was 76
Bernard Pomerance, a Brooklyn-born poet and playwright who won fame and the Tony Award for The Elephant Man, died August 26 of cancer at his home in Galisteo, N.M. He was 76. His death, Â was confirmed by his longtime agent Alan Brodie. The Elephant Man told the true story of John Merrick, born with gross deformities of the head and body, who was rescued from a life in English freak shows by a London doctor who pro…