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Playwright Tom Stoppard who won Academy Award for screenplay for 'Shakespeare In Love,' dies at 88

November 29, 2025

British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for 1998’s “Shakespeare In Love,” has died. He was 88. In a statement Saturday, United Agents said Stoppard died “peacefully” at his home in Dorset in southern England, surrounded by his family.

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