Don Liberto, 92, Broadway performer of the '30s and '40s
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Posted: Sun., Nov. 7, 2010, 4:00pm PT
Hoofer Liberto dies
Actor-singer was on Broadway
By Variety Staff
Actor-singer-dancer Don Liberto died Aug. 8 in New York of a heart
attack. He was 92.
Liberto first appeared on Broadway in 1937's "Babes in Arms" as a
member of the gang. His later Rialto appearances included the tuners
"By Jupiter," "DuBarry Was a Lady," "Annie Get Your Gun" and "Look Ma,
I'm Dancin'," in which he played the juvenile lead.
On TV he was featured in telepic "Aladdin" in 1967. He also was
featured in Robert Q. Lewis' radio and TV shows.
There were no immediate survivors.
Donations may be made to the Motion Picture and TV Fund at mptv.org.
Contact Variety Staff at ne...@variety.com
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In searching the newsgroup to find out if Mr. Liberto's passing had
been mentioned, I found this item:
Peter Hamilton, Dancer, 90, Dies
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Published: February 23, 2006
Peter Hamilton, a dancer who performed with Charles Weidman and in
Broadway musicals, died on Jan. 31. He was 90 and lived in Manhattan.
The cause was complications of Parkinson's disease, said Don Liberto,
his companion of 62 years and only immediate survivor.
Born in Trenton, N.J., Mr. Hamilton discovered dance in his 20's when
he got a job cleaning at the Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts Camp in
Steamboat Springs, Colo. He studied acting and dancing there and came
into contact with Weidman and Doris Humphrey, leading modernists of
the
time, with whom he performed as a lead dancer from 1941 to 1945. He
danced with Weidman until 1960.
His career in the commercial theater included appearances as a soloist
at Radio City Music Hall, at the Rainbow Room and on Broadway in shows
including "Sing Out Sweet Land!," for which he won a Donaldson Award
as
a promising young performer.