Bernard Pomerance, Tony-Winning Playwright of The Elephant Man, Dies at 76
Bernard Pomerance, the American playwright and poet whose 1979 play The Elephant Man netted him a Tony Award for Best Play, died on August 26 at his home in New Mexico. The cause of death was complications from cancer. He was 76. Bernard Kline Pomerance was born in Brooklyn on September 23, 1940. He studied at the University of Chicago before moving to London in 1968. His first play, High in Vietnam, Hot Damn, was d…