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1st African-American actor to play Valjean on Broadway dies by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- The first African-American and youngest person to ever play the role of Jean Valjean (zhahn val-ZHAHN') on Broadway in "Les Misérables" has died. He was 21....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:09PM on August 29, 2015

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