Ken Richards 8/26/1928 - 1/8/2009 - RIP

Career highlights - Red Head [replacement](Gwen Verdon, Richard Kiley, Margery Beddow, Fran Koll); Unsinkable Molly Brown [replacement on Bway; tour](Tammy Grimes, Karen Morrow); Cafe Crown (Theodore Bikel); I'm Solomon (aka both Solomon, Solomon & In Someone Else's Shoes. BTW, I have the shoes!)(Dick Shawn); Funny Girl [replacement](Mimi Hines); On A Clear Day (John Cullum, Barbara Harris, Louis Jourdan [replaced o/o/t]; Brigadoon [at City Center](Karen Morrow, Evan Evans); opening of State Theatre in Richard Rodgers' productions of The King & I (Rise Stevens, Darren McGavin, Dixie Carter [u/s Tuptim]) & Merry Widow (Pat Munsel); Summer Stock in Kansas City included: Wizard of Oz (con'd by Jack Lee with Pat Suzuki as Dorothy!); Carousel (Jan Clayton, Art Lund); Kiss Me Kate (Anne Jeffreys, Bill Hayes); Tours included Bway Tours of Red Head & Unsinkable Molly Brown, Love Match (Hal Linden, Pat Routledge); Guber Ford & Gross Group: Funny Girl (Carol Lawrence, Sylvia Sims); at orig Paper Mill: Most Happy Fella (Art Lund); Fanny [little boy played by Kit Culkin, Macaulay's pop]; Annie Get Your Gun; perennial performer at Radio City Music Hall; tv's & film's Quiz Show; Raging Bull; David Letterman; Loving; All My Children; Kate & Allie

Goodbye, dear friend.

Milla

RIP Ken.

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