Arthur Miller Dies, February 2nd, 2005, by PinkNotreDame

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Who: Arthur Miller
What: Award winning playwright and Marilyn Monroes ex husband, dies at 89yrs old
When: 10th February 2005
Where: Roxbury, Connecticut

Miller died on Thursday evening after a battle with pneumonia, cancer and a heart condition, according to his assistant JULIA BOLUS. A statement reads, "Mr Miller passed away at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut, last night at 9.17pm of congenital heart failure."

Most famous for his PULITZER PRIZE-winning play DEATH OF A SALESMAN, Miller's works criticised the growing fragmentation of American society and concentrated heavily on morality and the family

But Miller will be remembered just as much for his five-year marriage to screen siren MARILYN MONROE. In an interview in 1992, Miller described Monroe - whom he divorced in 1961 - as "highly self-destructive" adding of their marriage, "All my energy and attention were devoted to trying to help her solve her problems. Unfortunately, I didn't have much success."

British contemporary playwright HAROLD PINTER has paid tribute to his friend. Describing Miller as a "wonderful chap", Pinter was "absolutely flabbergasted" to learn of his death.

He adds, "He was a great playwright and a great man - and a great friend of mine. His plays are among the finest works that have been produced in the 20th Century.

"But he was also a highly dignified and an extraordinarily formidable man, an independent man. He was so honest and a man of rare integrity in his writing."