To Be Young, Gifted and Black (play) which she eventually died at 34. The play was well received and was one of the most successful plays off-Broadway during the 1968–1969 season. The play is still anthologized and performed around the world. The autobiography adapted from the play was also critically acclaimed. To Be Young, Gifted and Black (play) "To Be Young, Gifted and Black: Lorraine Hansberry in her Own Words", was written by Lorraine Hansberry, an American writer best known for her 1957 play "A Raisin in the Sun", a play that made Hansberry the first black author of a show on Broadway. After her death in
Lorraine Kelly Lorraine Kelly Lorraine Kelly, (born 30 November 1959) is a Scottish television presenter, journalist, model and actress. She has presented on TV-am, GMTV, ITV Breakfast, "Daybreak" and on her eponymous "Lorraine". Between 2012 and 2014, Kelly was a main female presenter of ITV's "Daybreak", which she co-hosted from Monday to Thursdays with Aled Jones. Since 2011, Kelly has hosted the annual "STV Children's Appeal". She hosts the telethon and sister shows such as "STV Appeal Stories" and "Lorraine & Friends". Kelly was born in the Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland. She is of Irish ancestry and Kelly's father, John, worked as a