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Oscar, Tony-nominated Writer-director Douglas McGrath Dies

Douglas McGrath poses to promote his film "Infamous" during the Toronto Film Festival on Sept. 13, 2006. McGrath died Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022, at his office in Manhattan, producer Daryl Roth said. A representative said the cause was a heart attack. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki, File)
Douglas McGrath poses to promote his film "Infamous" during the Toronto Film Festival on Sept. 13, 2006. McGrath died Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022, at his office in Manhattan, producer Daryl Roth said. A representative said the cause was a heart attack. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki, File)
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (MARK KENNEDY)

New York (AP) -- Stage, TV and film writer-director Douglas McGrath, who earned a Tony nomination for “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” and an Oscar nod for the “Bullets Over Broadway” screenplay he co-wrote with Woody Allen, died Thursday. He was

64.