before. In 2007, Benedict performed as "Hirst" in Harold Pinter's No Man's Land at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Benedict directed Frank D. Gilroy's Any Given Day on Broadway. Off-Broadway, he directed the original production of Terrence McNally's Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune, and Kathy Najimy's and Mo Gaffney's The Kathy and Mo Show, which won an Obie Award. Death On December 1, 2008, Benedict was found dead of a brain hemorrhage at his home in Aquinnah, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. He was 70 years old. Benedict was awarded a posthumous Elliot Norton Award by the Boston Theater Critics Association in 2009. Filmography References External links Paul Benedict article at Somerville, MA "Wicked Local" Off-Broadway weblink about No Man's Land 1938 births 2008 deaths 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors American male film actors American male television actors Male actors from New Mexico People from Silver City, New Mexico People with acromegaly Suffolk University alumni