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Abe Burrows
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OverviewAI-generated
Abe Burrows was an American screenwriter, writer, theatrical director, and composer. Born in New York City in 1910, he was educated at New York University and worked primarily in the fields of theatre, musicals, drama, and libretto. He was a male who spoke English.
Burrows received several major awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Tony Award for Best Author, the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical, and the Tony Award for Best Musical. His notable works include *Guys and Dolls*, *The Solid Gold Cadillac*, and *Can-Can*. He is also recognized in the Pulitzer Prize collection.
He died in New York City in 1985 from natural causes due to Alzheimer's disease. He had a child named James Burrows.
Synthesized by Vinony from 25 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Vinony collections. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1910
- Died
- 1985
- Works
- 13
Top works
- Barnashim ṿa-ḥatikhot
- ברנשים וחתיכות [תכניה]
- Guys and Dolls
- The solid gold Cadillac
- Can-Can
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 127
- Total plays
- 631
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Abe
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- New York City
- Child
- James Burrows
- Occupation
- singer
- Educated at
- New York University
- Languages spoken
- English language
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1910-12-18
- date of death
- 1985-05-17
- medical condition
- Alzheimer's disease
- cause of death
- Alzheimer's disease
- manner of death
- natural causes
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