Life Ntozake Shange, who wrote the influential play ‘For Colored Girls,’ has died at 70 October 28, 2018Mark Kennedy, The Associated PressComments Off on Ntozake Shange, who wrote the influential play ‘For Colored Girls,’ has died at 70 Playwright, author and poet Ntozake Shange, who wrote the Tony Award-nominated 'For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide,' died in her sleep.