Steve Merritt
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Together with Nancy and Ronnie Horowitz and Mark Donnelly, Merritt created the musical Dream Street, which played in Las Vegas from 1983 to 1987. Merritt and Donnelly also conceived the Broadway-style format for the Chippendales show. In 1989, Merritt choreographed the opening number of the 61st Academy Awards presentation.
He was born as Steve Thomas Michael Ferraro in San Jose, California, in 1945. He moved to Los Angeles in the mid-1960s and studied dance under David Winter while working as a dancer on a local television show called The Farmer John Dance Show.
He created the Solid Gold Dancers and performed on Casey Kasem's weekly Top Forty Countdown television show.
Death
Merritt died of AIDS in 1993 at age 48 leaving his mother, father, a brother, a sister, a half-brother and a half-sister.[2]
References
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- ↑ "Steve Merritt, dancer, noted choreographer" (Obituary), San Jose Mercury News, January 30, 1993, page 6B.
- ↑ Obituary, The New York Times (January 31, 1993).
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External links
- Steve Merritt biography at The Estate Project
- Steve Merritt at IMDbTemplate:EditAtWikidataScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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- 1945 births
- 1993 deaths
- 20th-century American dancers
- American choreographers
- American male dancers
- AIDS-related deaths in California
- Dancers from California
- Entertainers from Los Angeles
- Musical theatre choreographers
- American organization founders
- People from San Jose, California
- Television personalities from Los Angeles