Harold Wheeler, Tony-Winning Broadway Orchestrator and 'Dancing with the Stars' Musical Director, Dies at 82
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Harold Wheeler, the Tony-winning Broadway orchestrator, composer and conductor who served as musical director for ABC's Dancing with the Stars for 17 seasons, died at age 82 on June 24 at his Los Angeles home after a lengthy illness. Wheeler received a Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theater in 2019 and earned multiple Tony nominations for his orchestrations on Broadway productions including The Life, Little Me, and Swing!.
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Wheeler received a Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theater in 2019 and Tony nominations for orchestrations throughout his career for such Broadway productions as The Life (1997), Little Me (1999), Swing! (2000)
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