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eldritchhobbitThis deserves its own post.
R.I.P., Tony, Emmy, and Grammy Award-winning Robert Guillaume (1927-2017), one of the greats.
I could list his memorable roles and awards all day. But for my purposes, as a fan and for Halloween, I want to point out that he was the first black actor to portray the Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera. Like many Phantom-mad teens, I couldn't imagine anyone but Michael Crawford in the role.
But then I heard Robert Guillaume.
First, The Phantom. Then a moment of silence.
R.I.P., Tony, Emmy, and Grammy Award-winning Robert Guillaume (1927-2017), one of the greats.
I could list his memorable roles and awards all day. But for my purposes, as a fan and for Halloween, I want to point out that he was the first black actor to portray the Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera. Like many Phantom-mad teens, I couldn't imagine anyone but Michael Crawford in the role.
But then I heard Robert Guillaume.
First, The Phantom. Then a moment of silence.
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