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Coverage dated October 3, 2022

'A Soldier's Play' playwright Charles Fuller dies at 83

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Fuller died of natural causes on Monday in Toronto, said his wife, Claire Prieto-Fuller.

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    'A Soldier's Play' playwright Charles Fuller dies at 83 (opens CBS News)

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    Fuller died of natural causes on Monday in Toronto, said his wife, Claire Prieto-Fuller.

  2. Los Angeles Times

    Charles Fuller, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright who explored racism with 'A Soldier's Play,' dies (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Charles Fuller, whose plays, including 'A Soldier’s Play,' tore into social conventions, especially those entrenched in racism, dies at 83.

  3. New York Times

    Charles Fuller, Pulitzer Winner for ‘A Soldier’s Play,’ Dies at 83 (opens New York Times)

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    He was the second Black playwright to win the award and later adapted the play into an Oscar-nominated film, “A Soldier’s Story.”

  4. NPR

    Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Charles Fuller dies at 83 (opens NPR)

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    Fuller often explored and exposed how social institutions can perpetuate racism, like he did in his best-known work, the searing and acclaimed "A Soldier's Play."

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