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BornEugene Gladstone O'Neill, October 16, 1888

New York City, US

Died November 27, 1953 (aged 65)Boston, Massachusetts, US

Occupation Playwright

Nationality United States

Notable awardsNobel Prize in Literature (1936)Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1920, 1922, 1928, 1957)

SpouseKathleen Jenkins (1909–12)Agnes Boulton (1918–29)Carlotta Monterey (1929–53)

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O'Neill died in Room 401 of the Sheraton

Hotel on Bay State Road in Boston, on

November 27, 1953, at the age of 65. As

he was dying, he whispered his last

words: "I knew it. I knew it. Born in a

hotel room and died in a hotel room."

The United States Postal Service honored O'Neill with

a Prominent Americans series (1965–1978) $1 postage

stamp.