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Original ‘Rocky Horror’ Brad Majors & ‘Star Wars’ Actor Chris Malcolm Dead at 67
Harper Lee Dies at 89: Aaron Sorkin & Bartlett Sher Keep ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ Alive
Literary legend Harper Lee has passed away the age of 89 on Friday. Harper is universally for her famed novel 'To Kill A Mockingbird,' which has been adapted for both film and the stage. It was recently announced that Lee’s masterwork will be adapted once again by stage and screen writer, Aaron Sorkin ( 'A Few Good Men,' 'The West Wing'and directed by Bartlett Sher ('The King and I,' 'Fiddler on the Roof'). ‘Mirages’ Actor Raphael Schumacher Declared Brain Dead After Live Hanging Goes Wrong
Like something out of an urban legend, Italian actor Raphael Schumacher was accidently hung in a hanging scene gone horribly wrong. The incident took place during a walkthrough experimental production of Mirages at the Teatro Lux Pisa on Jan 30, during a lynching scene. A member of the audience who is a med school graduate, tried to save Schumacher, who was declared brain dead after spending five days in a coma. The theatre has since suspended all productions.
