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Thomas Meehan, left, with Mel Brooks in 2001 at a rehearsal of the “The Producers” in Manhattan.
Sara Krulwich/The New York Times; thumbnail (with Mark O'Donnell), Mary Altaffer/Associated Press, 2003
Thomas Meehan
Died on August 21, 2017 at age 88
Mr. Meehan won Tony Awards for writing the books for three of the most successful Broadway musicals of the past 40 years — “Annie,” “The Producers” and “Hairspray.”
Notable Deaths 2017
Remembering Mary Tyler Moore, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lewis, David Rockefeller, Trisha Brown, Glen Campbell, Dick Gregory, Edith Windsor, Sam Shepard, Tom Petty and many others who died this year.