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Website. Official website. Musical artist. Barbara Cook (October 25, 1927 – August 8, 2017) was an American actress and singer who first came to prominence in the 1950s as the lead in the original Broadway musicals Plain and Fancy (1955), Candide (1956) and The Music Man (1957) among others, winning a Tony Award for the last.
Barbara Cook (1927-2017) was a Broadway actress and singer, best known for her role in "The Music Man". She also appeared in TV shows, movies and cabaret, and won a Tony Award and a Laurence Olivier nomination.
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Aug 8, 2017 · Barbara Cook, a lyric soprano whose rousing songs and romantic ballads touched America’s heart in an odyssey that began in the golden age of Broadway musicals, overcame alcoholism, depression...
Aug 11, 2017 · By Sopan Deb. Aug. 11, 2017. On a flight home to New York last week, the jazz musician John Pizzarelli received a text message saying that Barbara Cook, the 89-year-old star of Broadway and ...
Aug 8, 2017 · NEW YORK (AP) — Barbara Cook, whose shimmering soprano made her one of Broadway’s leading ingenues and later a major cabaret and concert interpreter of popular American song, has died. She was 89. Cook died early Tuesday of respiratory failure at her home in Manhattan, surrounded by family and friends, according to publicist Amanda Kaus.
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Jun 19, 2016 · Barbara Cook on Life Before and After Sobriety. Barbara Cook in her Manhattan apartment. In her autobiography, she describes her struggle with alcoholism. Richard Perry/The New York Times. By ...
Aug 8, 2017 · The theater icon and soaring soprano, known for originating roles in some of Broadway’s most acclaimed musicals like The Music Man and Candide, has died of respiratory failure on Tuesday morning. She was 89. Her final meal was vanilla ice cream. She was surrounded by family and friends in her New York home.
