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A playwright, director, and drama critic who dominated Broadway comedy for three decades, writing musicals for the Marx Brothers and winning two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama — for Of Thee I Sing (with Morrie Ryskind and Ira Gershwin) in 1932, and You Can't Take It with You (with Moss Hart) in 1937. He also won a Tony Award for directing Guys and Dolls in 1951.