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Patricia Morison, 103 (1915 - 2018)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Patricia Morison, who originated the role of an overemotional diva in the Broadway musical "Kiss Me, Kate," starred on stage opposite Yul Brynner in "The King and I" and appeared in films alongside Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, died Sunday at age 103. For full obituary from Legacy.com, click here.
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Donald McKayle, 87 (1930 - 2018)
IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Donald McKayle, a modern dancer and choreographer who brought the black experience in America to the Broadway stage in musicals such as "Raisin" and "Sophisticated Ladies," has died. He was 87. For full obituary from Legacy.com, click here.
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Harvey Schmidt, 88 (1929 - 2018)
NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Schmidt, the composer of "The Fantasticks," which made its debut when Dwight D. Eisenhower was still president and became the longest running musical in history, has died. He was 88. For full coverage and obituary from Legacy.com, click here.
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Michael Friedman, 41 (2017)
Michael Friedman, the composer and lyricist for the rock musical "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson," has died at the age of 41. Friedman died on Saturday, September 9, 2017, according to multiple news sources. For full coverage and obituary from Legacy.com, click here.
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Bernard Pomerance, 76 (2017)
Bernard Pomerance, the playwright best known for the Tony Award-winning play about a horribly deformed man that has lured some of Hollywood's biggest names, such as Bradley Cooper and John Hurt, has died, according to the Associated Press. He was 76. For full coverage and obituary from Legacy.com, click here.
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Thomas Meehan, 88 (1929 - 2017)
Thomas Meehan, Tony Award-winning book writer of "Annie" and "The Producers," has died at the age of 88, according to multiple news sources. For full coverage and obituary from Legacy.com, click here.
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Barbara Cook, 89 (1927 - 2017)
Barbara Cook, a singer and actress who won a Tony Award for her role in the 1957 Broadway musical "The Music Man," died Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, according to multiple news sources. She was 89. For full...
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A.R. Gurney, 86 (1930 - 2017)
A.R. Gurney, a playwright known best for the plays "Love Letters" and "The Cocktail Hour," died Tuesday, June 13, 2017, according to multiple news sources. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy...
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Miriam Colon, 80 (1936 - 2017)
Miriam Colon, the Puerto Rican star of stage and screen who was featured in "Scarface," died of a lung infection Friday, March 3, 2017, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, according to The Associated Press....
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Alec McCowen, 91 (1925 - 2017)
Alec McCowen, a British actor who was a Broadway and West End star, died Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, according to multiple news sources. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
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George S. Irving, 94 (2016)
George S. Irving, Tony Award–winning actor who played a role in "Irene" opposite Debbie Reynolds, has died at the age of 94, according to multiple news sources. For full obituary and coverage from...
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Dick Latessa, 87 (1929 - 2016)
Dick Latessa, an actor who won a Tony Award for best featured actor in a musical for "Hairspray," died Monday, Dec. 19, 2016, according to multiple news sources. For full obituary and coverage from...
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Fritz Weaver, 90 (1926 - 2016)
Fritz Weaver, a stage, film, and television actor whose credits include the TV miniseries "Holocaust," died Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016, in New York, New York, according to multiple news sources. For...
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Tammy Grimes, 82 (1934 - 2016)
Tammy Grimes, the actress who won a Tony Award for "The Unsinkable Molly Brown," died Oct. 30, 2016, according to The New York Times. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
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Howard Davies, 71 (1945 - 2016)
Howard Davies, an acclaimed British theatre director, died Oct. 25 after fighting cancer, according to his family. He was 71. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
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Dario Fo, 90 (1926 - 2016)
Italian playwright Dario Fo, whose biting political satire was recognized with 1997's Nobel Prize in literature, died Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click...
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Gordon Davidson, 83 (1933 - 2016)
Gordon Davidson, a theater and film director, died Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016, at his home in Los Angeles, according to multiple news sources. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
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Edward Albee, 88 (1928 - 2016)
Edward Albee, the acclaimed playwright who wrote "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and "The Zoo Story," died Friday, Sept. 16, 2016, in Montauk, Long Island, according to multiple news sources. For...
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Brian Rix, 92 (1924 - 2016)
Brian Rix, a British actor and campaigner for people with learning disabilities, died Aug. 20, 2016, after a long illness, according to The Guardian. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com,...
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John McMartin, 86 (2016)
John McMartin, A Tony Award-nominated actor who starred in "Sweet Charity," has died at the age of 86, according to multiple news sources. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
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Anne Jackson, 90 (1925 - 2016)
Tony-nominated actress Anne Jackson died April 12, according to the New York Times. She was 90. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
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Martha Wright, 92 (1923 - 2016)
Martha Wright, an actress who was known best for her performances on Broadway and television, has died, according to multiple news sources. Wright, who died March 1 in Newburyport, Massachusetts, was...
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Raphael Schumacher, 27 (2016)
Raphael Schumacher, an Italian actor, has died in a freak accident while performing a hanging scene last weekend in Pisa, Italy, according to multiple news sources. For full obituary and coverage...
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Frank Finlay, 89 (1926 - 2016)
Frank Finlay, a veteran British character actor and the star of 1973's "Three Musketeers," has died. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
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Sheila Sim, 93 (1922 - 2016)
Sheila Sim, actress and widow of the actor Richard Attenborough has died at the age of 93. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
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Brian Bedford, 80 (2016)
Brian Bedford, the Tony-winning actor and voice of Disney's Robin Hood has died at the age of 80, according to multiple published reports. For the full obituary from Legacy.com, click here.
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Billie Allen, 90 (1925 - 2015)
Actress Billie Allen, who was one of the first African-American actresses to appear in commercials on television, has died, according to multiple news sources. For full obituary and coverage from...
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Patricia Elliott, 77 (1938 - 2015)
Patricia Elliott, who spent 23 years on the TV soap opera "One Life To Live," has died, according to The Associated Press. She was 77. For full obituary and coverage from Legacy.com, click here.
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Brian Friel, 86 (1929 - 2015)
DUBLIN (AP) - Irish authorities say Brian Friel, the Tony Award-winning playwright who created "Dancing at Lughnasa" and more than 30 other plays, has died at the age of 86. The Arts Council of...
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Kyle Jean-Baptiste, 21 (2015)
Kyle Jean-Baptiste, the actor who earned acclaim as the first African-American and youngest person to ever play the role of Jean Valjean in "Les Misérables" on Broadway has died at the untimely age...
