Donald Pippin was a Broadway music director, conductor, arranger, and lyricist who died on June 9, 2022.
Pippin was the last surviving recipient of the Tony Award for Best Conductor and Musical Director, which we received for Oliver! at the 17th Annual Tony Awards. He received a Drama Desk Special Award in 1986. Pippin was Musical Director for 110 in the Shade in 1963, in addition to his work on Oliver!
He was 95.
Donald Pippin cause of death
He died from natural causes.
Pippin and Herman reconnected in 1979 while working on The Grand Tour.
Pippin was also the Music Director for Lauren Bacall’s Woman of the Year (1981), which performed for 770 performances.
Donald Pippin wife and children
Marie Pippin is his wife. He has no children
Pippin directed the National Symphony Orchestra in Jerry Herman’s Broadway, an homage to his longtime partner, at the Kennedy Center in March 2009.
Donald Pippin net worth
Pippin was worth 5 million as of 2022.
Teddy & Alice (1987), Catskills on Broadway (1991), The Red Shoes (1993), Dream (1997), and the 2006 revival of A Chorus Line were later Broadway shows that fetched him lots of money.
Donald Pippin funeral
Pippin’s funeral is yet to be held
