Jack Eric Williams Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Jack Eric Williams (March 28, 1944 – January 28, 1994) was an American actor, composer and lyricist for stage and film. He is most remembered for originating the role of Beadle Bamford in Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd. In 2003 his life and death were the subject of one of William Finn's Elegies: A Song Cycle, The Ballad of Jack Eric Williams (and other 3-named composers). Williams died in New York City on January 28, 1994 from cardiac arrest due to complications of diabetes.
Jack Eric Williams was the subject of a biographical song by Broadway composer William Finn. In his 2003 song cycle, Elegies, he suggested in the song "The Ballad of Jack Eric Williams (and other 3-named composers)" that Williams, despondent over his wife's recent death, deliberately chose to die by skipping his required insulin shots.
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