Chuck Patterson, Broadway star, dead at 68 by Corky Siemaszko

Chuck Patterson, who helped pave the way for other talented African-American actors trying to make it on Broadway, died two days before Christmas. He was 68 and lived in Harlem. Patterson was cast back in 1975 by actor/director George C. Scott in his Tony-nominated production of "Death of a Salesman" as the neighbor's son Bernard " a role that had been played up till then by white actors.

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