The Broadway community has shared their grief, praise, and cherished memories of Angela Lansbury in the wake of her passing. Read them here. Read touching tributes and stories from Patti Lupone, Bernadette Peters, Joanna Gleason, Lin Manuel-Miranda, Audra McDonald, and more here.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Michael Callan, who starred as Riff in the original Broadway cast of West Side Story, has died at age 86. 

Dame Angela Lansbury has passed away at 96 Read our complete obituary here. Lansbury made her Broadway debut in 1957 in Hotel Paradiso, followed by A Taste of Honey (1960), Anyone Can Whistle (1964), and in Mame (1966), winning her first Tony. She was the star of 'Murder, She Wrote,' the longest running detective drama series in the history of television.

Musical theatre composer Lucy Simon, best known for The Secret Garden and Doctor Zhivago, has passed away from metastatic breast cancer.

Actress Eileen Ryan (born Eileen Annucci 10/16/1927), wife to actor and director Leo Penn and mother to composer and songwriter Michael Penn and actors Sean Penn and Christopher Penn, died at her home on October 9th.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report the passing of stage and screen star Joan Hotchkis, who died from congestive heart failure. She was 95 years old. 

Charles Fuller, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his acclaimed drama A Soldier’s Play and Oscar-nominated for his work on the film adaptation A Soldier’s Story, died of natural causes on Monday, October 3, 2022 in Toronto with his wife Claire Prieto-Fuller by his side.

Loretta Lynn, the real-life coal miner’s daughter turned singer-songwriter whose authenticity, toughness and larger-than-life story inspired generations of female musicians and turned the turmoil, troubles and universal themes of everyday life to an art form, passed away on,  October 4.

Services will be held for Broadway and television actress Camille Saviola on October 23, 2022, 1:00 - 3:00pm at Feeney Funeral Home in Ridgewood NJ.

Rita Gardner, who starred as Luisa in the original Off-Broadway production of The Fantasticks, has passed away at the age of 87 from leukemia, according to friend and collegue Alex Rybeck.

Dame Hilary Mantel, the British author best known for her Wolf Hall trilogy, has died aged 70.

Rosemarie Callahan, (nee Girello) left this world on Saturday, September 17th surrounded by her family, after a courageous seven and a half year long battle with ovarian cancer.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report the death of Broadway veteran Marva Hicks, who passed away on Friday, September 16, 2022. Read our complete obituary here.

BroadwayWorld is deeply saddened to report the passing of Canadian theatre sound designer Peter McBoyle, following a fight with urologic cancer.

Dance innovator Tina Ramirez, the founding artistic director of Ballet Hispánico, died peacefully on Tuesday evening surrounded by her family.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report of the tragic passing of multiple members Megan Hilty's family- her sister Lauren and her unborn child, brother-in-law Ross Mickel, and niece Remy Mickel, who died in a plane crash over the weekend.

MCC Theater has announced the passing of performer and MCC Founding Co-Artistic Director Bob LuPone. LuPone passed this morning following a three-year battle with pancreatic cancer.

Scott Barnes, a founding member of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids, has passed away at age 68 after a battle with pulmonary fibrosis. 

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report the passing of music star and West End veteran Darius Campbell Danesh, who was found dead in his Minnesota apartment on August 11. The cause of death is unknown.

Emmy Award-winning actress Anne Heche has died from injuries sustained in a car accident last week. She was 53 years old.

Broadway's Elaine Bunse-Bullens passed away on Monday, August 8th, 2022 at Heritage Lakeside Rehab facility in Rice Lake, WI.

Olivia Newton-John, best known to theatre fans as the star of the iconic 1978 film adaptation of the musical, Grease, has passed away at the age of 73. 

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Broadway actor Jennifer Butt has died at age 64. Jennifer originated the role of Madame Thenardier in Les Miserables on Broadway in 1987. She also appeared in The Women on Broadway in 2001.

Myrna Salazar, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Chicago Latino Theater Alliance passed away on Thursday, August 3, 2022, two weeks after celebrating her 75th birthday.

While she may be best known for her work on television and film, Carroll also had a stage career that included Broadway credits such as Catch a Star! (1955 - Tony Nomination), Dancing in the End Zone (1985), The Show Off (1992), and Electra (1998).