The son of Polish-Jewish immigrants, Miller defined the hopelessness of the American Dream in Death of A Salesman, won a Tony for pointing a finger back at the Communist-witch hunters in The Crucible and wrote about family, morality and other uncomfortable issues all the way into his last years. He was married to Marilyn Monroe for five years (she converted; her idea!) but we all know how that turned out. We are sorry to see such a wise man shed his mortal coil, but we’d think he’d say it eventually happens to all of us.