complications in Chicago at the age of 53. At the time of his death he was writing a musical with the Brazilian performer Valucha deCastro. References External links A Remembrance at greasethemusical.co.uk Biography and Papers at Chicago Public Library American male composers American male stage actors American LGBT dramatists and playwrights American LGBT songwriters American gay actors American gay writers American gay musicians Gay composers Gay dramatists and playwrights Gay songwriters American musical theatre lyricists AIDS-related deaths in Illinois People from Yonkers, New York 1935 births 1988 deaths 20th-century American male actors 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights American male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American composers 20th-century American male musicians 20th-century LGBT people