Ken Web page, a veteran voice actor and Broadway star, has died … TMZ has realized.
Ken’s rep, Lance Kirkland, tells TMZ … the ‘Nightmare Earlier than Christmas’ actor handed away “very peacefully” in his house in St. Louis Monday. We’re informed Ken sat down in his chair and handed away in his sleep.
Kirkland continues … “He was a beautiful, talented man who was larger than life. Ken was loved and adored by so many and will be missed so much.”
This affirmation comes after Ken’s buddy Dorian Hannaway took to Fb Monday night to share the tragic information. On the time, the producer informed her followers that KP had “passed onto the next show,” leaving her with a damaged coronary heart.
Actress Shari Belafonte adopted up with a touching tribute to Ken, remembering the actor as “one of the sweetest, most talented guys on the planet.”
Ken was greatest identified for voicing the villainous Oogie Boogie in Tim Burton‘s 1993 animated musical, “The Nightmare Before Christmas” … a daily staple of each the Halloween and Christmas seasons.
His different notable credit embody “Family Matters,” “All Dogs Go to Heaven,” “Sable,” “Adventures in Wonderland,” and “Dreamgirls.”
Nonetheless, his Broadway legacy might depart the most important impression … having portrayed the Lion within the 1975 stage manufacturing of “The Wiz.” He additionally performed Properly-Properly Johnson in Broadway’s 1976 revival of “Guys and Dolls,” and Outdated Deuteronomy in Andrew Lloyd Webber‘s “Cats” in 1982.
His passing comes amid one other loss within the Broadway neighborhood … Tony winner Gavin Creel additionally died Monday, following a battle with sarcoma, a uncommon and aggressive type of most cancers.
Ken was 70 years previous.
RIP
