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Broadway star Rebecca Luker passes away at 59 ANI | Updated: Dec 24, 2020 09:21 IST Washington [US], December 24 (ANI): Three-time Tony-nominated Broadway star Rebecca Luker passed away at the age of 59. According to Fox News, the news of Luker's demise was confirmed by her agent Sara Foster to the New York Times. The actor had been battling Lou Gehrig's disease but it is unclear that if the disease resulted in her death. Luker made her debut on Broadway in the late 1980s through 'The Phantom of the Opera' in which she essayed the pivotal role of Christ...

Rebecca Luker, a three-time Tony nominee, has died. (Photo by Walter McBride/Getty Images) She also starred as Maria in "The Sound of Music," Marian in "The Music Man" and Winifred Banks in "Mary Poppins," each of which earned her Tony nominations in 1995, 2000 and 2007, respectively. Luker also appeared in a handful of high-profile television shows including several episodes of "Boardwalk Empire," "Law & Order: Special Victim's Unit" and "NCIS: New Orleans." Luker was born in Alabama on April 17, 1961 where she sang in her church choir and played in her high school marching band, acco...

Rebecca Luker, a Broadway Star for Three Decades, Dies at 59 Her Broadway career, fueled by her crystal-clear operatic soprano, brought her Tony Award nominations for “Show Boat,” “The Music Man” and “Mary Poppins.” Rebecca Luker as Maria, surrounded by the von Trapp children, in the 1998 Broadway revival of “The Sound of Music.” She also starred in hit revivals of “Show Boat” and “The Music Man.”Credit...Sara Krulwich/The New York Times Published Dec. 23, 2020Updated Dec. 28, 2020 Rebecca Luker, the actress and singer who in a lauded three-decade career on the New Yor...