A major star of the post-Diaghilev Ballets Russes, he was celebrated for his romantic rolesFrederic Franklin, who has died aged 98, was one of the best loved figures in the dance world. Always genial, always helpful, he possessed a razor-sharp memory of all the ballets he had appeared in. Franklin played an important part in the preservation of many early ballets by George Balanchine, and in 2002 was able to reconstr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:57AM on May 7, 2013