Broadway choreographer, Michael Kidd, has died of cancer aged 92 in Los Angeles.
Best known for choreographing the 1951 production of Guys and Dolls, as well as a number of other classic musicals of the 1950s, Kidd scooped an impressive five Tony Awards during his extensive Broadway career.
After the smash hit success of Guys and Dolls came a string of Hollywood musicals which saw Kidd work with Fred Astaire in The Band Wagon(1953), before taking on the role of choreographer in the classic Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) and the highly acclaimed film version of Guys and Dolls screened in 1955.
Other accolades earned by Kidd include Finian's Rainbow (1947), Guys and Dolls(1951), Can-Can (1954), L'il Abner (1957) and Destry Rides Again (1960) while other Broadway credits as a choreographer and director include Wildcat (1960), Subways Are for Sleeping (1961), Breakfast at Tiffany's (1966), The Rothschilds (1972) and The Goodbye Girl (1993).
In addition to his Broadway successes, Kidd also performed in numerous films including It's Always Fair Weather and the cult 1975 film Smile. In 1997, Kidd received a special Academy Award "in recognition of his services to the art of dance in the art of the screen." He is survived by his second wife, Shelah Hackett and four children.
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