Broadway star Brent Carver who won a Tony in Kiss Of The Spider Woman dies at 68

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Brent Carver, the Tony Award-winning Canadian stage and screen star, has died. He was 68.

Tony Award winner Brent Carver has died, aged 68.The star of Broadway’s Kiss of the Spider Woman died on Tuesday at his home in British Columbia, according to his family.His Kiss of the Spider Woman co-star, Chita Rivera, was quick to pay tribute, stating: “My heart is broken at the loss of my great friend and amazing artist Brent Carver. I shall miss him more than I can say.”Carver’s stage career began in Vancouver, Canada in 1972’s Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris.

Tony Award winner Brent Carver has died, aged 68.

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Brent Carver, a Tony Award-winning actor best known for his work on Broadway, has passed away at the age of 68.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticBrent Carver, a stage and screen actor who won the 1993 Tony Award for his performance in Broadway’s The Kiss of the Spider Woman, died Tuesday at his home in Cranbrook, British Columbia, his family reported to the local newspaper there. He was 68.A cause of death was not specified.“Our family is sharing news of Brent Carver’s passing on Aug 4 at home in Cranbrook, BC, his birthplace and favourite place on Earth,” read the family statement.

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