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Lynn Manning (April 30, 1955 – August 3, 2015) was an American Paralympian, playwright, poet, and actor known for his autobiographical work that explores the complexities of life as a blind African-American man.
Aug 5, 2015 · Lynn Manning overcame blindness from a barroom bullet to forge a 30-year career as a champion athlete, poet, actor, theater company founder and, especially, playwright inspired by...
- Staff Writer
Aug 6, 2015 · Manning, who last month attended a White House celebration on the 25th anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act, died Monday at his Los Angeles home. He was 60.
- Writer
Aug 6, 2015 · LOS ANGELES — After a stranger blinded him with a gunshot to the face at a Hollywood bar, Lynn Manning never thirsted for revenge. He had a life, after all.
Nov 14, 2014 · Lynn Manning, tall, black, strikingly handsome and 23 at the time, had been raised amid relentless chaos in South Los Angeles. He’d dreamed he could alter the course of his life...
- Kurt Streeter
Aug 5, 2015 · LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Lynn Manning, an award winning poet, playwright, actor and a key figure in arts education in South Los Angeles, has died. Manning died Monday from liver cancer at age 60.
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Feb 23, 2017 · Lynn Manning was a blind poet, athlete and theater founder who overcame violence and discrimination. He wrote poems, plays and monologues about his experiences and performed them in Los Angeles, New York and abroad.
