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...Vereen, Rodell • arrest of in 2007 for buggering a horse is followed two years later by arrest of for videotaped buggering of the same horse...
...world-renowned New York City studio. Among his credits: choreographing films (The Cotton Club, Tap) and Broadway musicals (Sophisticated Ladies, Eubie!, Black and Blue--the last of which won him a Tony). He mentored some of tap's brightest stars, including Gregory Hines, Savion Glover, Chita Rivera and Ben Vereen...
...comedian whose sight is failing wanders into a backdrop (he has also somehow lost his sense of direction) and, fearing the loss of his job, shoots himself. Apparently neither he nor anyone else in the show has ever heard of eyeglasses. The capable cast, led by an energized Ben Vereen, tries to distract the audience from the story's cheap tricks and absurdities. The frenzy only underscores the falseness...
DIED. SANDMAN SIMS, 86, tap dancer at Harlem's Apollo Theater, whose job for decades was to chase unpopular acts offstage on amateur nights; in New York City. Howard Sims, who won his stage name for dancing on sand, taught his fancy footwork to dancers Gregory Hines and Ben Vereen, and boxers Sugar Ray Robinson and Muhammad...
Mourners included Liza Minnelli, Gregory Peck, Kirk Douglas, Eydie Gorme, Mia Farrow, Milton Berle, Connie Stevens, Wayne Newton, Lew Wasserman, Tom Selleck, Paul Anka, Joey Heatherton, Tim Conway, Bob Newhart, Ben Vereen, Ed McMahon, Anthony Quinn, Red Buttons, Marlo Thomas and Angie Dickinson. Pallbearers included Steve Lawrence, Don Rickles and Tom Dreesen, the comic who opened for Sinatra for many years...