deadline.com
Greg Evans
Helen Hunt
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
city Williamstown
tv
video
film
broadway
Greg Evans
Helen Hunt
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
city Williamstown
Peter H. Hunt Dies: Tony Award-Winning ‘1776’ Director, Uncle Of Actress Helen Hunt Was 81
Reading now: 933
deadline.com
deadline.comBy Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway Critic Peter H. Hunt, who won a Tony Award for his direction in 1969 of the now-classic musical 1776, helmed the 1972 film version and numerous episodes of CBS’ Touched By An Angel, died Sunday at home in Los Angeles from complications of Parkinson’s disease.
He was 81. Hunt’s death was reported by his wife, Barbette Hunt, to the Los Angeles Times. HIs death was confirmed by the Williamstown Theatre Festival, where Hunt was the former artistic director.
He was the uncle of actress Helen Hunt. A Broadway lighting designer through much of the 1960s (Annie Get Your Gun, Noel Coward’s Sweet Potato), Hunt made his directorial breakthrough with the smash hit 1776, the Revolutionary War-era musical by
Read more on deadline.com
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
city Williamstown
Greg Evans
Helen Hunt
Peter H.Hunt
Barbette Hunt
tv
video
film
broadway
The website starsalert.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.
Report this news
Related News
Celebrities
Locations