Show DEAN OF AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHTS DIES Bronson Howard Passes Away at His Home Avon by the the the- Sea New York Aug 4 Bronson Howard howard How how- ard the dean of American playwrights playwrights play play- wrights died today at the Avon Sea Although Mi Me Howards Howard's death hail had been expected yet Its suddenness proved a great shock to his relatives Mr Howard at the time was on the veranda of the hotel having left his bed but a few moments before The Tho disease of the heart from which Mr Howard suffered and which prevented pre nrc- vented him front from doing any literary work for more titan than ten years was contracted through over In company with Daniel Frohman in 1896 ho he made a bicycle tour of Eu Eu- rope Soon after the disease made Its It appearance and the physicians ascribed as as- it to the long ride that he lie had made For the past year his ailment was such that ho was constantly under the care of u a physician He lIe was born In Detroit In 1842 Like most mon men of his profession he lie began his hL career In a newspaper office of of- lice fice being a 0 reporter on the Detroit Free Press In Detroit his first play was produced He came to New York In the late sixties anti and worked on the Tribune with Horace Greeley Mr Howard went over to stage Brighton in iii England and there met Miss Alice a sister of Su Sir Charles They were married In ii I So |