The Show Won't Go on: The Most Shocking, Bizarre, and Historic Deaths of Performers Onstage

by Burt Kearns and Jeff Abraham

Book Overview

There has never been a show business book quite like The Show Won't Go On, the first comprehensive study of a bizarre phenomenon: performers who died onstage. From the comedy magician who dropped dead on live television to the amateur thespian who expired during a play called The Art of Murder, the book is a celebration of lives both famous and obscure, as well as a dramatic and accurate recounting of events leading to the moments they...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1641602171
• ISBN13: 9781641602174
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"