Playwright, Screenwriter and Novelist Al Morgan Dies at 91

By: Mar. 14, 2011
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Al Morgan, a TV producer and writer with a prolific career - passed away on March 3. Though he was best known for the 1955 novel "The Great Man", he also penned OH, CAPTAIN and MINOR MIRACLE for the Broadway stage.

As per the New York Times: 

"Albert Edward Morgan was born in Queens on Jan. 16, 1920, the only child of Albert and Julia Morgan. He began writing short stories and poems while in high school. In World War II, as an Army infantryman, he was wounded in Europe and reassigned to work for an armed forces radio network in Paris.

After returning to New York, Mr. Morgan was hired to write scripts for radio shows. He married Martha Falconer, a radio actress, in 1945. She died in 2008. In addition to his daughter Joey, he is survived by another daughter, Amy Jane Johnson; a son, Allen; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren."

Photo: The Alvin Theatre (OH CAPTAIN, 1958).


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