Facts: - death place: dobbs ferry , new york - caption: kerr with helen hayes - birth name: walter francis kerr - |image: helen hayes and walter kerr in ann arbor.jpg - death date: october 9 , 1996 - spouse: jean kerr - education: northwestern university - awards: pulitzer prize - birth date: 8 july 1913 - name: walter kerr - birth place: evanston , illinois Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of walter kerr .
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'' for the rn admiral see lord walter kerr '' walter francis kerr -lrb- july 8 , 1913 -- october 9 , 1996 -rrb- was an american writer and broadway theater critic .he also was the writer , lyricist , and/or director of several broadway plays and musicals as well as the author of several books , generally on the subject of theater and cinema .