Who died this date in 1987.....
Robert Preston Meservey (June 8, 1918 – March 21, 1987) was an American stage and film actor and singer of Broadway and cinema, best known for his collaboration with composer Meredith Willson and originating the role of Professor Harold Hill in the 1957 musical The Music Man and the 1962 film adaptation; the film earned him his first of two Golden Globe Award nominations. Preston collaborated twice with filmmaker Blake Edwards, first in S.O.B. (1981) and again in Victor/Victoria (1982). For portraying Carroll "Toddy" Todd in the latter, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 55th Academy Awards.
PRESTON also starred as Ben Franklin in Paris", which opened in 1964 at Lunt Fontanne NYC for 215 performances....Click on the Playbill photo, courtesy of the late Marion Costello. The story was a somewhat fictionalized account of Benjamin Franklin's adventures in the French capital. The cast included Robert Preston (Benjamin Franklin) and Ulla Sallert (Mademoiselle la Comtesse Diane de Vobrillac) among others. READ MORE ABOUT IT HERE.
Wish I could seen this play.
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