Disabled LA Playwright John Belluso Dies

[YouWantitWhen????]

Posted: 2/15/06 at 10:36am

Reported this morning:

"LOS ANGELES - Playwright John Belluso, who championed the rights of disabled people in both his work and through the writer's program he helped direct, has died. He was 36.

Belluso was found dead Friday in his Manhattan hotel room, New York police Detective Chris Filippazzo told The Associated Press by phone Tuesday.

The cause of death was under investigation, but Filippazzo said foul play was not suspected. Belluso, who used a wheelchair, had a debilitating bone disease called Engleman-Camurdrie Syndrome, according to friends.

Until last July, Belluso had helped direct the Other Voices Project, a development program at Los Angeles' Mark Taper Forum for writers with disabilities."

Disabled LA Playwright John Belluso Dies

[Elphaba]

Posted: 2/15/06 at 10:37am

how sad......and so young, why are they so quick to say no foul play?

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 2/15/06 at 10:38am

Because it says right in the obit that he had a debilitating bone disease?

[YouWantitWhen????]

Posted: 2/15/06 at 10:42am

I don't know. The disease is supposed to be non-fatal.

"Engleman-Camurdrie Syndrome, a non-fatal bone disorder that limits muscle strength."

Playbill is reporting that the cause of death is unknown.

He has been dead for a few days.


Rising Playwright John Belluso Is Dead at 36

John Belluso, a rising playwright whose works were staged with increasing frequency in recent seasons, died Feb. 10, his agent Patrick Herold said. He was found in his hotel room in New York City. The cause of death was not immediately known. He was 36."







Rising Playwright John Belluso Is Dead at 36 Updated On: 2/15/06 at 10:42 AM

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 2/15/06 at 10:47am

The disease itself may be nonfatal, but having it could certainly cause situations that the rest of us could easily get out of to be fatal for someone with it.