2019-2020 Theater Memoriam

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Oscar-nominated documentarian D.A. Pennebaker, whose connections to theater included directing the iconic documentary Original Cast Album: Company as well as Elaine Stritch At Liberty, passed away. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/da-pennebaker-dead-documentary-legend-was-94-817392

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Theatre Talk has uploaded some old episodes to their YouTube channel in honor of some recently deceased people:

Here’s their episode with Rip Torn when he was appearing on Broadway in The Young Man From Atlanta in 1997. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KL2Xgayueo

Here’s their episode with D.A. Pennebaker and his wife Chris Hegedus promoting their 1998 documentary Moon Over Broadway, a behind-the-scenes look at the run of the play Moon Over Buffalo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o26lJD5Wv94&t=72s

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RIP Toni Morrison. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/toni-morrison-dead-beloved-bluest-938195

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Press agent Robert Ullman passed away. http://www.playbill.com/article/veteran-theatrical-press-agent-robert-ullman-dies-at-94

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Lawyer Marc H. Glick, whose Broadway clients included the likes of Peter and Lucas Hedges, Ann Roth, and Suzy Benzinger, passed away. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/marc-h-glick-dead-entertainment-lawyer-was-71-1230920

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Actress Ningali Lawford-Wolf tragically passed away while on tour in Edinburgh with Sydney Theatre Company’s production of The Secret River. http://www.playbill.com/article/australian-actor-ningali-lawford-wolf-dies-during-edinburgh-run-of-the-secret-river

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Two-time Academy Award nominated actor/screenwriter Peter Fonda, whose one Broadway credit was Blood, Sweat and Stanley Poole back in 1961, has died at the age of 79.
https://variety.com/2019/film/people-news/peter-fonda-dead-star-of-easy-rider-ulees-gold-dies-at-79-1203305078/

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Writer Patricia Louisianna Knop, who wrote the book for the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Whistle Down The Wind, passed away. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/screenwriter-patricia-louisianna-knop-known-9-1-2-weeks-dies-at-78-1232778

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