Tom Stoppard, Oscar-winning playwrite for ‘Shakespeare In Love,’ passes away at 88
FILE – British play writer Tom Stoppard listens at a session at the Jaipur Literature Festival, in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, India, Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File) British playwright Tom Stoppard, a playful, probing dramatist who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for 1998’s “Shakespeare In Love,” has died.