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Who was Gilbert Price ?

Price died in Vienna, Austria, in 1991 of accidental asphyxiation due to a faulty space heater. He was 48 years old.

Gilbert Price was an American operatic baritone and actor. Price was a protégé of Langston Hughes. He was a life member of New York’s famed Actors Studio. Price first gained notice in 1964, for his performances in Hughes’ Off-Broadway production of Jerico-Jim Crow. For his work, Price received a Theatre World Award. Wikipedia

Gilbert Price (September 10, 1942 – January 2, 1991) was an American operatic actor and baritone.

Price was a protégé of Langston Hughes.He was a life member of the famous New York Actors Studio.Price first gained notoriety in 1964, for his performances in Hughes’s Off-Broadway production of Jericho-Jim Crow. For his work, Price received a Theater World Award.

Gilbert Price Death

Price died in Vienna, Austria, in 1991 of accidental asphyxiation due to a faulty space heater. He was 48 years old.

Gilbert Price Net Worth

GILBERT PRICE NET WORTH: 10 MILLION

Gilbert Price was born on September 10, 1942 in New York City, NY. Tony-nominated actor who starred in Broadway musicals like Lost in the Stars, The Night That Made America Famous, and Timbuktu.
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Early life

Price was born on September 10, 1942 in New York City of African-American descent. In 1960, she graduated from Erasmus Hall High School, where he was noted for both his talent and his kind and calm manner.It has been written that while a protégé of Langston Hughes, Hughes had fallen in love with the young Price.Hughes’s unpublished love poems were addressed to a man whom Hughes called Beauty; it has been postulated that these poems refer to Price.

Career

Price made guest appearances on several television variety and talk shows, including The Ed Sullivan Show, Red Skelton, Garry Moore, and The Merv Griffin Show. Price also sang oratorios, including Leonard Bernstein’s Mass, in 1971.

Awards

Price was nominated for three Tony Awards and was the recipient of a Theatre World Award:

• Jerico-Jim Crow (1964) – Theatre World Award
• Lost in the Stars (1972) – Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical
• The Night That Made America Famous (1975) – Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical
• Timbuktu! (1978) – Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical