and a new edition of Phantom Of The Opera at the Cuillo Center for the Arts in West Palm Beach, Florida. In 2007, he introduced a clothing line specializing in limited-edition T-shirts produced by Rotter and Friends. Palillo was also an artist, providing artwork for two children's books: The Red Wings of Christmas and A Gift for the Contessa. In 2005, his first full-length play, The Lost Boy, the true story of Peter Pan author J. M. Barrie, premiered at the Helen Hayes Theatre in Nyack, New York, and later played at the Queens Theatre in the Park in Queens, New York, and at El Dorado Springs High School in El Dorado Springs, Missouri. He taught freshman drama at G-Star School of the Arts for Motion Pictures and Broadcasting in Palm Springs, Florida. Personal life and death Palillo and his partner of 41 years, Joseph Gramm, lived in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. On August 14, 2012, Palillo suffered a heart attack at his home and was taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. He died seven months after co-star Robert Hegyes, who also died from a heart attack. Palillo's funeral service was held in Palm Beach Gardens on August 22, 2012. He is buried at St. Lawrence Cemetery in West Haven, Connecticut. A memorial tribute, directed by Lawrence Leritz and hosted by Tyne Daly, was held to honor and celebrate Palillo's life and career at New York City's Triad Theatre on October 3, 2012. Filmography References External links Corporate Speakers site for Ron Palillo 1949 births 2012 deaths 20th-century American male actors 20th-century American artists 21st-century American artists 21st-century American dramatists and playwrights American male film actors American writers of Italian descent American male stage actors American male television actors American male voice actors Artists from Connecticut American children's book illustrators American gay actors American gay writers People from Cheshire, Connecticut University of Connecticut alumni Fairfield University alumni Writers from Connecticut American LGBT dramatists and playwrights LGBT people from Connecticut LGBT people from Florida 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights American male dramatists and playwrights People from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American male writers Male actors from New Haven, Connecticut Cheshire High School alumni