Broadway - "the Great White Way"

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Jeff Fenholt, Broadway's original Jesus Christ, Superstar has died aged 68.

 

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[Sir Creep 7,070]

16 hours ago, time said:

Jeff Fenholt, Broadway's original Jesus Christ, Superstar has died aged 68.

 

Check back in three days for an update.

ALREADY HAD A SECOND COMING!!!

As @TomTomTelekom posted elsewhere:
"Popular pop rock musician and songwriter Camilo Sesto, who totaled 52 number 1 hits and 18 top 40 list songs throughout his career, dead at 72 years. He sold over 175 millions copies of his albums.

https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-49623958"

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Fenholt, whose body was found lifeless at home, rose to fame for his portrayal of Jesus Christ in the musical Jesus Christ Superstar, premiered on Broadway in 1971.  The artist's death happened casually only two days after Camilo Sesto, who also starred in Jesus Christ Superstar in 1973.
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Phyllis Newman, a Tony Award-winner and long-time stage actress, has died.  She was 86.

 

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Phyllis-Newman-Has-Passed-Away-at-86-20190915

 

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Tony nominated actress Ann Crumb dead after a long cancer fight at 69:

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Tony-Nominee-Ann-Crumb-Passes-Away-from-Ovarian-Cancer-20191101

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William Luce, a playwright whose 40 year career included penning a Broadway play for Julie Harris and a drama that starred Christopher Plummer, has died.  He was 88.

 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/william-luce-dead-belle-amherst-barrymore-playwright-was-88-1261209

 

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Margaret Lion, a multiple Tony award-winning producer, including one collected as the lead producer of Hairspray, has died.  Hairspray lead actor Harvey Fierstein confirmed Lion's death on Facebook.

 

https://www.broadway.com/buzz/198235/margo-lion-tony-winning-lead-producer-of-hairspray-has-died/

 

[YoungWillz 21,037]

Zoe Caldwell: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/18/arts/zoe-caldwell-dead.html

 

That's another sub for my main team after Peter Hobday dead. No hits as yet.

 

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0129807/

IBDB: https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/zoe-caldwell-14354

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Playwright Mart Crowley (The Boys in the Band) died at 84.

 

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Playwright-Mart-Crowley-Best-Known-For-THE-BOYS-IN-THE-BAND-Has-Died-at-84-20200308

 

Edit: Sorry, I didn't see that this was already posted on the "Somewhere over the rainbow" thread.

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Merwin Foard, a Broadway actor with more than a dozen credits throughout his career, has died.  He was 59.

 

https://www.broadway.com/buzz/198753/veteran-broadway-actor-merwin-foard-dies-at-59/

 

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Royana Black, a stage and small screen actress who starred in Broadway's Brighton Beach Memoirs and TV's Raising Miranda, has died. She was 47. Black died after a cancer battle.

 

https://people.com/tv/broadway-sitcom-actress-royana-black-dead-at-47/

 

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Patti Karr, a stage and screen actress with an over 55-year career, has died. She was 88.

 

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Stage-and-Screen-Actor-Patti-Karr-Dies-at-88-20200802

 

[Thatcher 2,406]

Brent Carver (IMDB), Canadian actor of stage and screen, has died aged 68. He won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical in 1993 for Kiss of the Spider Woman.

 

Edit: Daily Mail, Daily Star, The Sun, Daily Mirror.

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Howell Binkley (IBDB), lighting designer who won Tony Awards for Jersey Boys in 2006 and Hamilton in 2014, has died.

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Virginia Bosler, who debuted on Broadway as Jean MacLaren in the original cast of Brigadoon, later repeating the role in the film adaptation, has died. She was 93.

 

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/BRIGADOON-Original-Cast-Member-Virginia-Bosler-Passes-Away-at-93-20200901

 

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Tony Tanner, British actor, choreographer and theatre director dead at 87.

Multiple Tony Award nominations.

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6 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Tony Tanner

Multiple Tony Award nominations.

He was always my favourite Tony. 

[TomTomTelekom 3,727]

Actress Armelia McQueen, who earned a Theatre World Award for her Broadway debut in the 1978 production of Ain't Misbehavin', died age 68:

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/AINT-MISBEHAVIN-Star-Armelia-McQueen-Dies-at-68-20201004

[Ulitzer95 12,586]

2 hours ago, TomTomTelekom said:

Actress Armelia McQueen, who earned a Theatre World Award for her Broadway debut in the 1978 production of Ain't Misbehavin', died age 68:

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/AINT-MISBEHAVIN-Star-Armelia-McQueen-Dies-at-68-20201004

That's sad. I only just rewatched Ghost the other night.

She played one of Oda Mae's sisters in it. Oda Mae ofc played by Whoopi Goldberg.

[CaptainChorizo 1,977]

Anthony Chisholm

 

The actor who plys most of his trade in theatre is dead at 77. In 2007 he was Tony nominated for Best Actor in the August Wilson play "Radio Golf"

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Doreen Montalvo, who appeared in the Broadway productions of In the Heights and On Your Feet, has died. She was 56. Montalvo had suffered a stroke earlier in the month.

 

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Broadway-Actor-Doreen-Montalvo-Known-For-IN-THE-HEIGHTS-and-ON-YOUR-FEET-Dies-at-56-20201017

 

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Ming Cho Lee, Tony Award winning set designer and National Medal of Arts recipient, has died aged 90. 

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Israel Horovitz, an American-born, France-based, playwright, director and actor, whose career was later overshadowed by accusations of sexual misconduct from nine women, has died. He was 81. Horovitz was also the father of Adam Horovitz (King Ad-Rock) of the Beastie Boys.

 

https://thecanadian.news/2020/11/11/frances-most-suitable-american-playwright-israel-horovitz-is-dead/

 

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Lynn Kellogg, who played  Sheila in the original Broadway production of Hair died Thursday, aged 77. Covid-19, according to her publicist. 

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Warren Berlinger, who starred in the Broadway and film versions of Blue Denim and in the original stage production of the Neil Simon play Come Blow Your Horn, has died. He was 83.

 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/warren-berlinger-actor-in-blue-denim-come-blow-your-horn-and-cannonball-run-dies-at-83

 

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On 03/12/2020 at 14:04, alt obits guy said:

Warren Berlinger, who starred in the Broadway and film versions of Blue Denim and in the original stage production of the Neil Simon play Come Blow Your Horn, has died. He was 83.

 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/warren-berlinger-actor-in-blue-denim-come-blow-your-horn-and-cannonball-run-dies-at-83

 

Crazy coincidence: I watched Ten Little Indians (1989) on the 30th November (two days before Berlinger’s death) and while watching, I remember thinking that Berlinger would be the film’s next surviving cast member to die and that it was surprising he was still alive.