Prolific playwright Terrence McNally — who died from coronavirus complications in March — left a $5 million estate to his husband and a nonprofit, court records show.
The 81-year-old four-time Tony Award-winner had $5 million in “personal property,” according to an estimate in Manhattan Surrogate’s Court papers included with McNally’s will.
McNally left husband Thomas Kirdahy — whom he married in 2003 — his residential property, his belongings and a 50-percent membership share of The Terrence McNally Memorial Fund which is a company to manage McNally’s “literary property,” the will signed in 2012 says.
The other half of the Memorial Fund should go to a nonprofit organization, McNally specified in the will.
And Kirdahy, 57 — who is named as the executor on the estate — is to inherit “the residuary” of the estate meaning “all the rest, residue and remainder of my estate property, of whatever kind or nature and wherever situated,” the will reads.
McNally — a Florida native — passed in a Sarasota hospital March 24 from complications related to COVID-19 after having lived with a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
McNally’s Tony-winning plays included, “And Things That Go Bump in the Night,” “Love! Valour! Compassion!” and “Master Class.” He also won a Tony Award for lifetime achievement.
The coronavirus has also contributed to the deaths of other notable figures including singer-songwriter John Prine, Broadway star Nick Cordero and “Desperately Seeking Susan” actor Mark Blum.
Kirdahy — whom McNally lived with in a Greenwich Village apartment, the court papers say — did not immediately return a request for comment. A lawyer for the estate also did not immediately respond to an email inquiry.