Robert Guillaume, the Emmy-winning and Tony-nominated star who is distinguished as the first African-American actor to take on the title role in The Phantom of the Opera, died on October 24 at his home in Los Angeles. The cause of death, according to The New York Times, was complications from prostate cancer. Guillaume was 89. Born Robert Peter Williams on November 30, 1927, in St. Louis, Missouri, the talent amasse…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:04PM on October 24, 2017