Arthur Miller: Death of a Salesman Playwright Dies at 89

Arthur Miller was an American playwright and essayist. Born on October 17, 1915, in New York City, he studied at the University of Michigan and wrote his first Broadway play in the early 1940s.

Miller's All My Sons (1947), Death of a Salesman (1949, Pulitzer Prize) and The Crucible (1953) are landmarks of American theater. The Crucible, set in the Salem witch trials, was a response to McCarthyism. He was convicted of contempt of Congress in 1957 for refusing to name names, and the conviction was overturned.

Miller married Marilyn Monroe in 1956 and divorced her in 1961, and then married photographer Inge Morath. He died of heart failure at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut, on February 10, 2005, at age 89.

Achievements: Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1949), Tony Awards, Kennedy Center Honors (1984).

Birth: October 17, 1915 - New York City.

Profession: Playwright.

Interesting Facts: He wrote the screenplay for Monroe's final completed film, The Misfits.