Word: gelber
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DIED. JACK GELBER, 71, influential playwright whose 1959 work The Connection was a milestone of stage experimentation; of a form of blood cancer; in New York City. With its raw depiction of a world of dope addicts and its blurring of the line between stage life and real life, The Connection put off many critics ("A farrago of dirt"--the New York Times), but helped pave the way for more innovations in style and subject matter...
...Pforzheimer: Kelly M. Doran, Alexander M. Gelber, John A. Higgins, Eva C. Holtz, Bryan T. Kim, William K. Josephson, Gregor Matvos and Andrew Park...
Future speakers include CBS executive David Gelber and journalist Charlene Hunter-Gault...