Marion McClinton, Interpreter of August Wilson, Dies at 65

Marion McClinton, a noted director who was a favorite of the playwright August Wilson and took two of his plays to Broadway, earning a 2001 Tony Award nomination for best direction for the first, “King Hedley II,” died Thursday in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was 65. His son, Jesse Mandell-McClinton, said the cause was kidney failure. McClinton, who was also an actor and playwright, did some of his most acclaimed directing off Broadway and in regional theaters, especially in the Minneapolis-St. Pa...