Ntozake Shange, Trailblazing Playwright of For Colored Girls..., Dies at 70
Ntozake Shange, a celebrated poet and playwright who made her mark on Broadway with the Tony-nominated For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf, died on October 27 at an assisted living facility in Bowie, MD. The news of Shange's death was announced on her official Twitter page. According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Shange died in her sleep; she had suffered a series of str…