Mark Medoff, Tony-winning playwright of 'Children of a Lesser God,' dies at 79
His breakthrough, "When You Comin Back, Red Ryder?," opened Off-Broadway in 1973 and centered on a Vietnam War veteran who holds a New Mexico diner hostage.
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