British Oscar-Winning Playwright Tom Stoppard Dies At Age 88
November 30, 2025
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British playwright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard, known for ‘Shakespeare in Love’ and award-winning stage works, dies peacefully at home in Dorset, England.
Tom Stoppard, the British playwright and screenwriter whose works spanned stage, radio, and film, has died on Saturday November 29, 2025, at the age of 88, his talent agency United Agents confirmed. Stoppard passed away peacefully at his Dorset home, surrounded by family.
Born Tomas Straussler in Zlin, in what is now the Czech Republic, Stoppard’s early life was shaped by flight from Nazi-occupied Europe. His family, of secular Jewish background, escaped first to Singapore and later to …
