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Tony Nominee Leonard Stone, Character Actor of "Willy Wonka," Dies at 87 by Kenneth Jones

Leonard Stone, a Tony Award nominee for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his turn as George Poppett in Bob Fosse's Tony-winning Best Musical Redhead in 1959, died Nov. 2 at his home in San Diego after a battle with cancer, his granddaughter Lindsey Fryman-Borchard said.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:29am on November 4, 2011 ☆ ⚑

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