Broadway actor Clifton Oliver, who starred in productions of The Lion King, Wicked and In The Heights, is dead at 47
- Oliver died Wednesday following a long illness
- His sister said he had been in hospital and then hospice over the last six weeks
- In addition to starring on Broadway, he had roles in major touring productions
Clifton Oliver, a stage veteran who appeared in Broadway productions of The Lion King, Wicked and In The Heights, died on Wednesday at the age of 47.
He had been suffering from a lengthy illness at the time of his death, which was announced on social media by his friends and family.
In her announcement of his tragic death, his sister Roxy Hall shared that Oliver had been first hospitalized and then transferred to hospice care in the final six weeks of his life.
‘My baby brother, Clifton Oliver, has had his final curtain call,’ she began her emotional Facebook post, adding that his death was ‘peaceful.’
‘His partner Richard was singing to him the song Psalm 23 as he took his last breath this morning at 3:20 AM,’ she continued.
Theatre star: Clifton Oliver, a stage veteran who appeared in Broadway productions of The Lion King, Wicked and In The Heights, died on Wednesday at the age of 47; pictured in 2014 in Chicago
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