Tony-nominated Bob LuPone, brother of Patti LuPone who helped launch MCC Theater, dies at 76
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Bob LuPone, who earned a Tony Award nomination for Entertainer in the first run of "A Chorus Line" and played Tony Soprano's family doctor,
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and helped found and lead the influential Off-Broadway theater company MCC Theater for nearly 40 years, has died.
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LuPone, the sibling of Broadway icon Patti LuPone, died Saturday after a three-year battle with pancreatic disease, according to Matt Ross Public Relations.
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He pioneered and headed MCC Theatres, an important off-Broadway theater organization.
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Robert LuPone, brother of Broadway & Tony winning icon Patti LuPone had been undergoing treatment for cancer for more than 3 years according to a letter from MCC Theatres Bernie Telsey & Will Cantler
He has acted in films and TV as well as pursued theater.
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The actor also appeared in films like 'The Doors' (1991), 'Palooville' (1995) and 'Dead Presidents' (1995), 'Funny Games' (2007).
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Additionally, he was the producer of Reason to Be Pretty (2008) and the acclaimed film Frozen (2004), which was nominated for Tony Awards.