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Kyle Jean-Baptiste, Broadway's first black Jean Valjean, dies at 21

Kyle Jean-Baptiste, Broadway's first black Jean Valjean, dies at 21

Broadway actor Kyle Jean-Baptiste, 21, died Saturday after falling from his mother's Brooklyn fire escape late the night before, Playbill reports. Jean-Baptiste made history as Broadway's youngest and first black Jean Valjean, the Les Misérables protagonist. Jean-Baptiste, an understudy, debuted in the role July 23, and performed as Valjean for the last time Friday, hours before his fall.

 

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