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Kyle Jean-Baptiste, History-Making Actor of Les Mis, Dies in a Fall by Greg Cwik

Kyle Jean-Baptiste, the first black actor (as well as the youngest actor) to portray Jean Valjean in the iconic Broadway musical Les Miserables, has died at 21. Police said he fell accidentally from the fourth-floor fire escape of his mother's apartment Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. "The entire Les Misérables family is shocked ... More »

SOURCE: Vulture at 06:27PM on August 30, 2015

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