Alvin Ing, a pioneering Asian American actor who appeared on Broadway in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Flower Drum Song and Stephen Sondheim’s Pacific Overtures and whose guest roles on numerous television series stretched from the 1970s until very recently, died July 31.
He was 89.Ing’s death was confirmed by his representation, Shushu Entertainment. A cause of death has not yet been disclosed.“I mourn the loss of my friend,” wrote The King and I actor Alan Ariano on Twitter. “RIP Alvin Ing.”Lea Salonga, who starred with Ing in the 2002 Broadway revival of Flower Drum Song, tweeted a photo of herself with Ing in rehearsal for the production, noting: “Never forgot that his were shoulders upon which all of us younger ones stood.
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