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E.L. Doctorow, ‘Ragtime’ author, dies at 84

E.L. Doctorow, the author of popular novels grounded in American history including \”Ragtime\” and \”Billy Bathgate,\” died in New York on Tuesday at age 84, the New York Times reported.

America, Set to Music

After the countless ads, fluff pieces and an advance press packet thick enough to choke a horse, the question hung in the celebrity-studded lobby of the Shubert Theatre last Sunday evening: Could \”Ragtime\” pull it off?

‘I am Tateh’

In \”Ragtime,\” the part of Tateh, a widowed, immigrant Jew who comes to New York with a young daughter in tow, is in many ways a role that is especially close to the heart of actor John Rubinstein.

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