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- Dale Wasserman was born on November 2, 1914 in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), The DuPont Show of the Month (1957) and Climax! (1954). He was married to Martha Nelly Garza and Ramsay Ames. He died on December 21, 2008 in Paradise Valley, Arizona, USA.
- SpousesMartha Nelly Garza(1984 - December 21, 2008) (his death)Ramsay Ames(? - 1980) (divorced)
- Won the "Best Musical" Tony Award in 1966 for the script for the Broadway musical "Man of La Mancha".
- His television play "I, Don Quixote" is the perhaps the only case of a written-for-television play being even more successful as a stage musical ("Man of La Mancha") than it was in its original form.
- He was one of fourteen children.
- His musical, "Man of La Mancha" at the Marriott Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for a 2016 Joseph Jefferson (Equity) Award for Large Musical Production.
- Son of Russian immigrants, Samuel Wasserman and Bertha Paykel.
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