The Normal Heart Tony Winner Larry Kramer Weds Longtime Partner David Webster at His Hospital Bed

Tony winner Larry Kramer, who penned the seminal AIDS drama The Normal Heart, wed his longtime partner David Webster in a small bedside ceremony in the intensive care unit of NYU Langone Medical Center on July 24, according to The New York Times. Kramer has been recovering from a bowel bypass surgery he underwent on July 21.

Kramer, 78, and Webster, 67, dated in the 1970s and have been partners since the mid-90s. The couple exchanged Cartier rings, and in place of vows, just spoke from the heart. The wedding was presided over by Judge Eve Preminger and about two-dozen friends and family were in attendance. The couple was planning a July 24 wedding ceremony even before Kramer checked into the hospital.

Not only is Kramer celebrating his marriage, he was also honored with the 2013 Isabelle Stevenson Award at the Tony Awards and the screen adaptation of his Tony-winning play The Normal Heart just wrapped filming.

Kramer’s other work includes the plays Sissies’ Scrapbook, Just Say No, The Destiny of Me and A Minor Dark Age, the Academy Award-nominated film Women in Love, non-fiction works including Faggots, Reports from the Holocaust: The Story of an AIDS Activist and The Tragedy of Today’s Gays and the forthcoming novel The American People.