determined they were so idiosyncratic he could not have been a member of any subversive groups. Within a week his passport was renewed, and the following day he sailed for Europe on the Ile de France. While on board, he received a cable from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer offering him a screenwriting assignment. The blacklisting had ended. Memoirs Laurents wrote Original Story By Arthur Laurents: A Memoir of Broadway and Hollywood, published in 2000. In it, he discusses his lengthy career and his many gay affairs and long-term relationships, including those with Farley Granger and Tom Hatcher (August 24, 1929 - October 26, 2006). Hatcher was an aspiring actor whom Gore Vidal suggested Laurents seek out at the Beverly Hills men's clothing store Hatcher was managing at the time. The couple remained together for 52 years until Hatcher's death on October 26, 2006. Laurents wrote Mainly on Directing: Gypsy, West Side Story and Other Musicals, published in 2009, in which he discussed musicals he directed and the work of other directors he admired. His last memoir titled The Rest of the Story was published posthumously in September 2012. Death Laurents died from complications of pneumonia at his home in Manhattan on May 5, 2011, aged 93. Following a long tradition, Broadway theatre lights were dimmed at 8 p.m. on May 6, 2011, for one minute in his memory. His ashes were buried alongside those of Tom Hatcher in a memorial bench in Quogue, Long Island, New York. Work Writing Musicals West Side Story – 1957 – Tony Nomination for Best Musical Gypsy – 1959 – Tony Nomination for Best Musical Anyone Can Whistle – 1964 Do I Hear a Waltz? – 1965 Hallelujah, Baby! – 1967 – Tony Award for Best Musical The Madwoman of Central Park West – 1979 Nick & Nora – 1991 Novels The Way We Were – 1972; Harper & Row (New York City) The Turning Point – 1977; New American Library (New York City); Plays Home of the Brave – 1945 The Bird Cage – 1950 The Time of the Cuckoo – 1952 A Clearing in the Woods – 1957 Invitation to a March – 1960 Directing Additional credits Accolades Honors A new award was established in 2010, The Laurents/Hatcher Foundation Award. This is awarded annually "for an un-produced, full-length play of social relevance by an emerging American playwright." The Laurents/Hatcher Foundation will give $50,000 to the writer