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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Wendy_WassersteinWendy Wasserstein - Wikipedia

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   Wasserstein gave birth to a daughter in 1999 when she was 48 years old. The baby was three months premature and is recorded in Wasserstein's collection of essays, Shiksa Goddess . Wasserstein, who was not married, never publicly identified her daughter's father.

2. www.npr.org › 2011/08/18 › 139721437Wendy Wasserstein, 'Lost' And Found : NPR

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   Aug 18, 2011 · Lola Wasserstein's award-winning, unmarried daughter was able to rise above the insults, hurts and frustrations by putting them on stage.

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3. www.npr.org › 2011/08/17 › 139645847'Wendy' Shines Spotlight On Beloved Playwright : NPR

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   Aug 17, 2011 · Wendy's oldest siblings, Sandra and Abner, were actually her half-siblings/cousins, offspring of her mother's first husband, George Wasserstein, who died at 29 of peritonitis.

4. www.today.com › popculture › family-friendsFamily, friends celebrate Wendy Wasserstein - TODAY

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   Playwrights James Lapine, Terrence McNally and Peter Parnell took turns reading an excerpt from an essay about the difficult birth of Wasserstein’s daughter, Lucy Jane, published in her book...

5. www.playbill.com › article › an-uncommon-woman-wendyAn Uncommon Woman: Wendy Wasserstein Gets Spotlight in a New ...

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   Aug 18, 2011 · In terms of Wendy's personal life, what are the things you didn't know before you started that you set out to learn? Wendy wrote about the birth of her daughter, Lucy Jane, when Wendy was 48.

6. www.nytimes.com › 2006/01/31 › theaterWendy Wasserstein Dies at 55; Her Plays Spoke to a Generation

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   Jan 31, 2006 · Her father was a textile manufacturer, her mother an amateur dancer. In addition to her daughter, Ms. Wasserstein is survived by her mother, Lola Wasserstein; her brothers, Abner and Bruce, the...

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   What happened to Wendy Wasserstein's family after he died?

   • When Wendy died, her daughter was adopted by Bruce, and when he died, in 2009, his ex-wife Claude Becker became her guardian. By 2014, when Wendy’s sister Georgette Meyer died, none of the immediate family of Morris and Lola Wasserstein remained alive.

   2006: Wendy Wasserstein, Who Never Had It All, Dies - Haaretz

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   Who was Wendy Wasserstein?

   • From the late 1970s until her death in 2006 at age 55, playwright Wendy Wasserstein was a force in New York theater. She won the Pulitzer, the Tony and many other awards for writing about her generation of educated, successful women struggling to balance their professional and family lives.

   Wendy Wasserstein, 'Lost' And Found : NPR

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   Who were Wendy Wasserstein parents?

   • Born in Brooklyn on October 18, 1950, to Morris and Lola (Schleifer) Wasserstein, Wendy was the youngest of four children, of whom one was a son. Her wealthy and sophisticated grandparents on her mother’s side came from a Polish resort town.

   Wendy Wasserstein | Jewish Women's Archive

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   When did Lucy Jane Wasserstein die?

   • Four years after that play opened, Wasserstein began fertility treatments, and in 1999 Lucy Jane Wasserstein was born — prematurely. She weighed less than 2 pounds. Her mother was 48 years old; her father remains unknown. When her daughter was 2, a terrible chronology began: Wasserstein became ill in 2001. She died of lymphoma in 2006.

   Wendy Wasserstein, 'Lost' And Found : NPR

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8. www.today.com › news › first-biography-playwrightFirst biography of playwright Wendy Wasserstein - TODAY

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   Aug 18, 2011 · She created a persona so warm and endearing — the Yiddish word is "haimish" — that strangers thought of her as a sister, daughter or friend.