Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983), known by his pen name Tennessee Williams, was an American playwright and screenwriter. Along with contemporaries Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller, he is considered among the three foremost playwrights of 20th-century American drama.
There is no doubt that the first requirement for a composer is to be dead.
If life was fair, Elvis would be alive and all the impersonators would be dead.