Brian Friel

Brian Friel (9 January 1929 – 2 October 2015) was an Irish dramatist, author and director of the Field Day Theatre Company. Until his death, he was thought to be one of the greatest living English-language dramatists. Friel is best known for plays such as "Philadelphia, Here I Come!" and "Dancing at Lughnasa", but has written more than thirty plays in a career spanning for sixty years.
Death.
Friel died after a long illness on 2 October 2015 in Greencastle, County Donegal. He was 86.