Arthur Laurents, ‘West Side Story,’ ‘Gypsy’ Writer, Dies at 93
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Arthur Laurents, the New York-born laureate storyteller who penned the scripts for “West Side Story” and “Gypsy,” two of the most successful and influential musicals in theater history, has died. He was 93.
Laurents died from complications of pneumonia, the New York Times said, citing Scott Rudin, a producer of the most recent Broadway revival of “Gypsy.” He lived in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village and in Quogue, Long Island.