Tony Award-Winning Choreographer Bob Avian Dies at 83

Tony Award-Winning Choreographer Bob Avian Dies at 83
Tony Award-winning choreographer Bob Avian poses in front of the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, home of the revival of "A Chorus Line," in New York, in Sept. 29, 2006. Shiho Fukada/AP Photo, File
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NEW YORK—Bob Avian, a Tony Award-winning choreographer who had a role in some of the most beloved and influential shows on Broadway, including “Dreamgirls,” “A Chorus Line,” “Follies,” and “Miss Saigon,” has died. He was 83.

Avian died Thursday of cardiac arrest at Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, said Matt Polk, head of the theatrical publicity firm Polk & Co.