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==Death==
Laurents died from complications of pneumonia at his home in Manhattan on May 5, 2011, aged 93.<ref>Berkvist, Robert (May 5, 2011). [https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/06/arts/arthur-laurents-playwright-and-director-dies-at-93.html "Arthur Laurents, Playwright and Director on Broadway, Dies at 93"]. ''[[The New York Times]]''.</ref> Following a long tradition, Broadway theatre lights were dimmed at 8 p.m. on May 6, 2011, for one minute in his memory.<ref>Jones, Kenneth (May 6, 2011). [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/150601-Broadway-Lights-Will-Dim-May-6-in-Memory-of-Arthur-Laurents "Broadway Lights Will Dim May 6 in Memory of Arthur Laurents"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021033350/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/150601-Broadway-Lights-Will-Dim-May-6-in-Memory-of-Arthur-Laurents |date=October 21, 2012 }}. ''[[Playbill]]''.</ref> His ashes were buried alongside those of Tom Hatcher in a memorial bench in Quogue, Long Island, New York.<ref name="John M. Clum 2014">John M. Clum. ''The Works of Arthur Laurents: Politics, Love, and Betrayal''. Amherst, NY: Cambria Press, 2014.</ref>