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News: Obituaries

Elaine Cancilla Orbach, Actor Jerry Orbach's Widow, Dies at 69
02 Apr 2009
Elaine Cancilla Orbach, the widow of actor Jerry Orbach and a former Broadway dancer, has died. She was 69.

Milan Stitt, Author of The Runner Stumbles, Dies at 68
12 Mar 2009
Milan Stitt, a playwright who wrote the critical hit The Runner Stumbles and ran the play development program at Off-Broadway Circle Repertory Company, died March 12, his friend and colleague Andrea Lepcio said. He was 68.



Robert Anderson, Tea and Sympathy Playwright, Dead at 91
09 Feb 2009 -- Robert Anderson, the American playwright and screenwriter whose popular plays explored relationships between men and women and children and parents — in Tea and Sympathy, I Never Sang for My Father and You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running — died Feb. 9 at his Manhattan home.

James Whitmore, Tony Winner Who Was Master of the Solo Show, Dead at 87
07 Feb 2009 -- James Whitmore, the Tony Award-winning, Oscar-nominated character actor with a thug's face and a way with words, died Feb. 6 after a battle with lung cancer.

Allen Zwerdling, Theatre Writer and Producer Who Co-Founded Back Stage, Dead at 86 (27 Jan 2009)

John Mortimer, British Writer of "Rumpole," "Brideshead," Voyage, Dead at 85 (21 Jan 2009)

Patrick McGoohan, Actor of Stage and TV's "Prisoner," Dead at 80 (16 Jan 2009)

Ricardo Montalban, Tony-Nominated Star Who Was Role Model for Latinos, Dead at 88 (14 Jan 2009)

Janet Pavek, Opera Singer Who Also Played Fanny and Guenevere on Broadway, Dead at 72 (13 Jan 2009)

Edmund Purdom, Actor Who Worked With Olivier, Dead at 85 (13 Jan 2009)

John Mybeck, Champion of Theatre in Northwest Indiana, Dies (07 Jan 2009)

Pat Hingle, Veteran Character Actor, Dies at 84 (05 Jan 2009)

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