What a life, and what a way to exit. Tennessee Williams died 24 years ago today at the age of 71 after he choked on a bottle cap.
From Wikipedia:
Williams was the victim of a gay-bashing in January 1979 in Key West. He was beaten by five teenage boys, but was not seriously injured. The episode was part of a spate of anti-gay violence that had occurred after a local Baptist minister ran an anti-homosexuality newspaper ad.
"Whether or not we admit it to ourselves, we are all haunted
by a truly awful sense of impermanence."-- Tennessee Williams
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