made his recital debut album, entitled For You, For Me on EMI Records label, produced by Patti Laursen. It was conducted by Dennis Russell Davies and released in time for Christmas in 1990. It would be Hubbard's only solo album. It featured Aaron Copland's Old American Songs, Irving Berlin's song "Always", and selections from Porgy and Bess, Girl Crazy, Centennial Summer and 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Metropolitan Opera soprano Marvis Martin joined Hubbard in the duet, "Bess, You Is My Woman Now". He appeared in one film. In Francis Ford Coppola's 1984 film, The Cotton Club, he played one of Bumpy Rhodes' henchmen. The role of Rhodes was played by Laurence Fishburne. In 1991, Hubbard was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical, for reprising his role as Joe in the London Palladium production of Show Boat. Death In 1991, Hubbard died from pneumonia in New York University Hospital. He was 39 years old. Legacy To honor his memory, in 1992, family, friends, and colleagues established the Bruce Hubbard Memorial Scholarship Fund at Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music. The scholarship is awarded annually to voice majors, with preference given to minority students. In announcing the scholarship on its website, the university noted that, in addition to his performances on the musical theatre stage, in recordings and in opera houses across the world, Hubbard had also performed at the White House on three occasions; including an appearance on the PBS series, "In Performance at the White House". In a letter sent to him after one of his concerts, President Ronald Reagan wrote, "Your performance was brilliant and the richness of your voice thrilled us all." Discography Jerome Kern: Show Boat, conducted by John McGlinn, EMI, 1988 For You, For Me, conducted by Dennis Russell Davies, EMI, 1990 References External links 1952 births 1991 deaths 20th-century African-American male singers 20th-century American male opera singers African-American male opera singers American operatic baritones Male actors from Indianapolis Jacobs School of Music alumni 20th-century American male actors Deaths from pneumonia in New York City Singers from Indiana Classical musicians from Indiana