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Gilbert Price (September 10, 1942 – January 2, 1991) was an American operatic baritone and actor.
Price was a Mentorship of Langston Hughes. He was a life member of New York's famed Actors Studio. Price first gained notice in 1964, for his performances in Hughes' Off-Broadway production of Jerico-Jim Crow. For his work, Price received a Theatre World Award.
Early life
Price was born on September 10, 1942, in New York City of African-American heritage. In 1960, he graduated from Erasmus Hall High School, where he stood out for both his talent and gentle, easygoing manner. It has been written that while he was a protégé of Langston Hughes, Hughes had become smitten with the young Price. Unpublished love poems by Hughes were addressed to a man Hughes called Beauty; it has been posited these poems referred to Price.
Career
Price made guest appearances on several television talk and variety shows including The Ed Sullivan Show, Red Skelton, Garry Moore and The Merv Griffin Show. Price also sang , including Leonard Bernstein's Mass, in 1971.
Awards
Price was nominated for three and was the recipient of a Theatre World Award: "Theatre World Award Recipients" . Theatre World Awards. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
Other works
Death
Price died in Vienna, in 1991 at age 48, of accidental due to a faulty space heater.
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Categories: 1942 Births, 1991 Deaths, American Male Musical Theatre Actors, American Baritones, American Male Film Actors, American Male Television Actors, Male Actors From New York City, Deaths From Asphyxiation, Erasmus Hall High School Alumni, 20th-century African-american Male Actors, 20th-century American Male Actors, 20th-century American Singers, 20th-century American Male Singers, 20th-century African-american Male Singers
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