R.I.P. Ntozake Shange, playwright behind For Colored Girls
According to The Hollywood Reporter, playwright, poet, and novelist Ntozake Shange—best known for writing For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When The Rainbow Is Enuf—has died. The news was confirmed in a statement from Shange’s family and friends, who promised more information at a later date in a tweet. Shange suffered a series of strokes in 2004 and had been living in an assisted living facility in Maryland. She was 70.