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Norbert Leo Butz sister murdered

Posted: 7/22/09 at 11:06am

Norbert Leo Butz's sister Teresa was murdered on Sunday:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009511055_webstabfolo21m.html

This is so sad...

Please send your thoughts, condolences, and prayers to the Butz family...

PS Norbert was premiering "Catch Me If You Can" in Seattle on Thursday and the first two preview performances (Thursday included) have been canceled.

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re: Norbert Leo Butz sister murdered

Posted: 7/22/09 at 11:16am

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?thread=1001049&dt=17&boardid=1

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re: Norbert Leo Butz sister murdered

Posted: 7/22/09 at 11:20am

Which link? Both work for me.

re: Norbert Leo Butz sister murdered

Posted: 7/22/09 at 11:22am

Sorry, I thought your link was implying this was a double post.

re: Norbert Leo Butz sister murdered

Posted: 7/22/09 at 11:24am

It is. If you read the thread I linked to, a few posts down, someone posts about the murder.

re: Norbert Leo Butz sister murdered

Posted: 7/22/09 at 11:38am

This is awful... Was Teresa the sister who inspired his characterization of Daisy in "Is He Dead?"

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re: Norbert Leo Butz sister murdered

Posted: 7/22/09 at 1:03pm

How awful. Prayers and sympathy to the family.

re: Norbert Leo Butz sister murdered

Posted: 7/22/09 at 2:22pm

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/CATCH_Previews_Delayed_Due_To_Butz_Family_Tragedy_20090722

Is it a strange coincidence that her partner's name was Jennifer Hudson, or is that an error? The article originally posted in this thread says something about a neighbor called Jane Hudson, who I don't think is the 36-year-old woman they are referring to.

I am still disgusted by this whole incident. RIP.

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re: Norbert Leo Butz sister murdered

Posted: 7/22/09 at 2:42pm

Terrible. My thoughts are prayers are with his family.

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re: Norbert Leo Butz sister murdered

Posted: 7/22/09 at 2:42pm

My prayers for Norbert & his entire family.

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re: Norbert Leo Butz sister murdered

Posted: 7/22/09 at 3:50pm

That is horrible. My prayers are with Norbert and his family.

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re: Norbert Leo Butz sister murdered

Posted: 7/22/09 at 10:13pm

That's horrible! My thoughts are with him and the rest of his family.

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re: Norbert Leo Butz sister murdered

Posted: 7/22/09 at 10:24pm

This is horrible, hiss loss must be huge, I feel as if there is some celebrity mass death thing going on, Hollywood is going to end u a ghost-town

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re: Norbert Leo Butz sister murdered

Posted: 7/23/09 at 6:39pm

I googled Norbort Leo Butz and all the news of what happened is on the computer. This is one of them from The Associated Press.
My condolences are with this gifted actor and his family, and may his sister Rest In Peace.

Actor?s sister slain, previews of Catch Me If You Can canceled
Associated Press
SEATTLE (AP) ? Four preview performances of Catch Me If You Can, a world premiere musical in Seattle, have been canceled because of the killing of a sister of one of the stars.
Norbert Leo Butz, who has a lead role in the show, is a brother of 39-year-old Teresa Butz. She was killed and her partner severely wounded early Sunday by a man who attacked them as they slept in their home.
The attacker remained at large Wednesday despite an intense manhunt.
The 5th Avenue Theatre canceled preview performances of Catch Me If You Can on Thursday and Friday nights, and two shows on Saturday. Two extra shows are being added on Tuesday.
John Longenbaugh, a theater spokesman, said Norbert Butz remains in the show.
The musical, based on a 2002 Steven Spielberg film that starred Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks, is a collaboration of Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, the creative team behind Hairspray, which also premiered at the 5th Avenue Theatre before moving to Broadway. Backers of Catch Me If You Can hope their show takes a similar route to New York.
The show?s run in Seattle ends on Aug. 16.

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