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Gilbert Price (b.1942 in New York, d. 1991 in Vienna of accidental asphyxiation) was an American singer (baritone) and actor. Price was one of Langston Hughes's protégés; his first starring role was in Hughes’s Jericho-Jim Crow (1964) for which he won a Theatre World Award.

Price made guest appearances on several television talk and variety shows including: Ed Sullivan, Red Skelton, and Merv Griffin. He also sung oratorios, includeing Leonard Bernstein's Mass.

Price was nominated for four Tony Awards:

Lost in the Stars (1972) – featured actor – musical
The Night That Made America Famous (1975) –featured actor – musical
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue(1976)
Timbuktu! (1978) – leading actor -musical.

other acting credits

Fly Blackbird (1962)
The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd by Anthony Newley
and Leslie Bricusse (1965)
Prominade by Maria Irene Fornes and the Rev. Al Carmines (1969)

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