Tom Stoppard, the acclaimed British playwright and Oscar-winning writer of Shakespeare in Love, has died. He won a record five Tony Awards for best play, including for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and Leopoldstadt.

United Agents announced on Saturday that Stoppard passed away peacefully at his home in Dorset, England, surrounded by family.

A cause of death wasn’t disclosed. Stoppard was 88.

“He will be remembered for his works, for their brilliance and humanity, and for his wit, his irreverence, his generosity of spirit and his profound love of the English language,” the statement reads, per the Associated Press. “It was an honor to work with Tom and to know him.”

“Tom Stoppard was my favourite playwright,” Rolling Stones legend Mick Jagger wrote on X. “He leaves us with a maj

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