Oscar, Tony-Nominated Writer-Director Douglas McGrath Dies

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. Chitose Suzuki/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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NEW YORK—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.

The death was announced by the producers of McGrath’s solo off-Broadway show, “Everything’s Fine,” which opened last month. A show representative said the cause was a heart attack. McGrath had written and was starring in “Everything’s Fine,” and was directed by John Lithgow.