Actor William Hutt, Stratford Festival Legend, Dies at 87
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Playbill - William Hutt, an acting institution at the Stratford Festival of Canada, died in his sleep in the early hours of June 27, the festival reported. He was 87.
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Playbill - Marcel Marceau, the Frenchman whose name was synonymous with the art of mime, has died, according to Reuters. He was 84.
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A real-life drama of succession as riveting as any Richard Wagner opera is casting a shadow over this year's Bayreuth Festival, raising the anticipation level among devotees of the German master even before the first curtain rises Wednesday at the musical shrine he inaugurated 131 years ago.
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Jackie Torrence, who overcame a speech impediment as a child to become a renowned storyteller, died Tuesday of an apparent heart attack, her sister said. She was 60.
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Singer and author died at his London home, aged 80.
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Arts & entertainment: Marcel Marceau, who revived the art of mime and brought poetry to silence, has died. He was 84.
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Actress and comedian Brett Somers, who amused game show fans with her quips on the "Match Game" in the 1970s, has died, her son said. She was 83. Somers died Saturday at her home in Westport of stomach and colon cancer, Adam Klugman said Monday.
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Playbill - Robert Lantz, the Berlin-born, New York-based talent agent whose clients included such theatre and film greats as Leonard Bernstein, Lillian Hellman, Al Hirschfeld, Alfred Drake and Mike Nichols, and who retained his status as an independent until the end, died on Oct. 18 in Manhattan. He was 93.
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Arthur Miller, author of several award-winning plays such as Death of a Salesman, The Crucible and A View From the Bridge, died earlier this week due to pneumonia, cancer and heart problems. He was 89. Miller's plays have been stud...
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South African playwright Gibson Kente, who announced last year he was HIV positive, dies aged 72.
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Humourist and broadcaster Alan Coren, star of BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz, dies at the age of 69.
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Hollywood film star John Lithgow will make his debut for the Royal Shakespeare Company in Twelfth Night.
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Veteran actor Ian McKellan remembers the 25-year-old Brad Renfro, who died recently.
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Humourist and broadcaster Alan Coren, star of Radio 4's The News Quiz, dies at the age of 69.
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Playbill - Jerome Chodorov, the playwright whose My Sister Eileen inspired the musical Wonderful Town, died of natural causes Sept. 12 at the age of 93.
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Playwright Arthur Miller, a titan of American theater who wrote "Death of a Salesman" and was revered for works that spoke for the common man, has died. He was 89.
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Charles Lane, the prolific character actor whose name was little known but whose crotchety persona and roles in hundreds of films made him instantly recognizable to generations of moviegoers, has died. He was 102.