Bob LuPone, Who Helped Lead MCC Theater, Has Died at 76

Bob LuPone, Who Helped Lead MCC Theater, Has Died at 76
Robert LuPone, former director of The New School for Drama, speaks at a celebration marking the opening of The New School's University Center in New York on Jan. 23, 2014. Diane Bondareff/Invision for The New School/AP Images
The Associated Press
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NEW YORK—Bob LuPone, who as an actor earned a Tony nomination in the original run of “A Chorus Line” and went on to help found and lead the influential off-Broadway theater company MCC Theater for almost 40 years, has died. He was 76.

LuPone, brother of Broadway icon Patti LuPone, died Saturday following a three-year battle with pancreatic cancer, according to Matt Ross Public Relations.