Groundbreaking gay author Edmund White dies at 85

Author Edmund White outside his apartment in New York in 2006 (Mark Lennihan/AP)

Edmund White, the groundbreaking man of letters who documented and imagined the gay revolution through journalism, essays, plays and such novels as A Boy’s Own Story and The Beautiful Room Is Empty, has died. He was 85.

White’s death was confirmed on Wednesday by his agent, Bill Clegg, who did not immediately provide additional details.