D.L. Coburn , the playwright who won the 1978 Pulitzer Prize for drama for his much-produced The Gin Game , died from colon cancer December 3 at a Dallas hospice center. He was 87.

His death was reported by his wife, Marsha Coburn, to The New York Times.

The Gin Game , a comedy-drama in which two elderly residents of a retirement home – one male, one female – start an acquaintance over hands of the title card game. The long, in-depth chats – and bickering – uncover life stories and disappointments, and display the same competitive spirit the duo brings to the card table.

After several regional productions in 1976 and 1977, the play opened at Broadway ‘s John Golden Theatre in October 1977 in an acclaimed Mike Nichols-directed production starring real-life husband and wife Hume C

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