William J. Scanlan
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William J. Scanlan | |
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| Born | February 14, 1856 |
| Died | February 18, 1898 (aged 42) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Composer and Actor |
William J. Scanlan (February 14, 1856 - February 18, 1898) was a composer and actor of musical theater.[1]
Biography
He was born to parents of Irish ancestry in Springfield, Massachusetts. While performing in his show Mavourneen, he completed the final performance on Christmas Day. He became so violently ill that was he was taken to Bloomingdale Asylum for the Insane in White Plains, New York, on January 7, 1892. He died there on February 18, 1898.
References
- ^ Thomas Allston Brown, A History of the New York Stage: From the First Performance in 1732 to 1901 (New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1903), v. 2, 504.
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- 19th-century American musicians
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