RIP Dean Jones

RIP Dean Jones. He passed away on Tuesday from Parkinson's disease. The Company OBCR will always be one of my favorites.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dean-jones-dead-disney-actor-819867

Updated On: 9/2/15 at 04:14 PM

So sad to hear this.  He was a huge presence in the entertainment of my childhood.

This is a great loss, such a tragedy. Truly very sorry to hear of it. 

Mr. Jones may you rest in peace. 

Art thou referring to Lincoln Center Goth?

The best Bobby I've seen... and that includes quite a few who followed him through the years- and many of them I liked, but Jones was the definitive.  

His version of Being Alive still stands as the standard all others are measure by. Perhaps equaled but never surpassed.

( also a fabboo Disney comedian) 

What wonderful memories he left behind.

G*d Bless.

Mr Roxy said: "Art thou referring to Lincoln Center Goth?"

Goth is referring to the D.A. Pennebaker documentary "Company: Original Cast Album."
 

MV, the DVD is out of print.

In the past 50 years has here been another actor who had one major lead in a Broadway musical (we'll charitably ignore Into the Light,) a role he played officially for *one month* and yet is so identified in so many people's minds with Broadway and specifically with that role?

Marian The Librarian said: "RIP Dean Jones. He passed away on Tuesday from Parkinson's disease. The Company OBCR will always be one of my favorites.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dean-jones-dead-disney-actor-819867

Had the chance to work with him once -very nice man. His Bobby IS the definitive one. I have to say though, much as I am grateful that the documentary on the making of the OCR exists, I can't stand the way much is filmed. The shooting of "Being Alive" is exceptionally atrocious. Do we really need to stare at the actor's tonsils in giant closeup for almost the entire song? I would guess that even during a recording session an actor is visually performing somewhat with his whole body - arms, hands maybe at least. I felt robbed of seeing that and a little uncomfortable just staring in closeup at the performer's face for the entire number. That said - what a performance!

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He didn't like the gays getting married tho.  

He was one of those rare celebrities who embraced Republican sensibilities. Despite that, I always enjoyed him as a kid in those cheesy Disney animal movies like Million Dollar Duck and The Ugly Dachshund and then I also grew up loving Beethoven, in which he played such a great villain (honestly a brilliant casting choice).

Of course, I fell in love with Company. It was the first Sondheim show I discovered and also the only one I truly loved right from the start. I am so happy he stayed with the show long enough to be recorded on the album plus we got that amazing documentary out of it. 

May he RIP.

In its obituary, the New York Times includes the following sentence:  "Although he was replaced by Larry Kert, Mr. Jones agreed to record the original cast album, leaving him indelibly associated with the show, which won the 1971 Tony Award for best musical."  This implies that Larry Kert was already performing the part at the time of the cast recording.  Is that correct?  If so, does anyone know how long he had been out of the show by the time it was recorded?  Thanks.

Thanks!