| A few more who should be remembered | |
| Posted by: TimDunleavy 10:10 pm EDT 09/30/24 | |
| In reply to: Saddened by Gavin Creel's passing, thinking of other notable Broadway performers taken quite young - PlayWiz 06:21 pm EDT 09/30/24 | |
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| Shannon Tavarez (Young Nala in The Lion King) died of leukemia at 11 in 2010 Laurel Griggs (Once, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) died of an asthma attack at 13 in 2019 Kyle Jean-Baptiste (first Black actor to play Jean Valjean in Les Miserables) died after a fall from a fire escape at 21 in 2015 Clifton Oliver (Lion King, In the Heights, Wicked) died at 47 in 2023 Jason Raize (original Simba in The Lion King) died at 28 in 2004 Quentin Oliver Lee (Prince of Broadway, Caroline or Change; played the Phantom in POTO national tour) died of colon cancer at 34 in 2022 Canada Lee (played starring roles in Orson Welles' "Macbeth" and "Native Son") died of kidney disease at 45 in 1951 Michael Peters (Broadway performer, Tony-winning choreographer of Dreamgirls) died of AIDS at 46 in 1994 Chris Peluso (Mamma Mia) died at 40 in 2023 Nick Cordero (Tony nominee for Bullets Over Broadway) died of Covid at 41 in 2020 |
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