Edward Franklin Albee III ( ; March 12, 1928 – September 16, 2016) was an American playwright known for works such as "The Zoo Story" (1958), "The Sandbox" (1959), "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (1962), and "A Delicate Balance" (1966). Three of his plays won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and two of his other works won the Tony Award for Best Play.