British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won Academy Award for ‘Shakespeare In Love,’ has died at 88
- Posted on November 29, 2025
- By The Toronto Star
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British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won Academy Award for ‘Shakespeare In Love,’ has died at 88

LONDON (AP) — British playwright Tom Stoppard, a playful, probing dramatist who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for 1998’s “Shakespeare In Love,” has died. He was 88.