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Philip Bosco, Tony-Winning Original Star of Lend Me a Tenor & Longtime Broadway Veteran, Dies at 88 by Andy Lefkowitz

Philip Bosco, an acclaimed character actor whose almost five-decade career on Broadway netted five Tony nominations and a win for his turn in a now iconic comedy, died on December 3 at home in New Jersey. He was 88. The cause of death, according to The New York Times, was complications from dementia. Bosco made his Broadway debut in the role of Heracles in Benn W. Levy's comedy Rape of the Belt (1960). Whil…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:32PM on December 4, 2018

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