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Gil Cates, 77Arthur Laurents, 93Vaclav Havel, 75Lanford Wilson, 73Jerry Leiber, 78Romulus Linney, 80Ellen Stewart, 91Margaret Tyzack, 79Patrice O'Neal, 41

Cates, the founder and producing director of the Geffen Playhouse, <a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2011/nov/02/local/la-me-gil-cates-20111102">died in November</a> after collapsing in a UCLA parking lot. During his tenure at the Geffen,<a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/11/la-theater-world-remembers-gil-cates.html"> he directed and oversaw</a> works by major playwrights as well as a number of world premiere productions.

Gil Cates, 77

( Al Seib / Los Angeles Times )

Cates, the founder and producing director of the Geffen Playhouse, died in November after collapsing in a UCLA parking lot. During his tenure at the Geffen, he directed and oversaw works by major playwrights as well as a number of world premiere productions.

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