On this day in 1964, Irish playwright Sean O'Casey died from a heart attack at the age of 84 in London. Born in Dublin on March 30, O'Casey first developed an interest in playwriting when he and his brother would put on Shakespeare plays for their family. He joined the Gaelic League in 1906 and became very involved with nationalism politics, leading him to Gaelicize his birth … [Read more...] about September 18, 1964