Broadway's Biggest Faggot - Dick Latessa DEAD AT 87, a veteran Broadway actor who was in the original productions of “Follies,” ‘’Brighton Beach Memoirs” and “The Will Rogers Follies” and who won a Tony Award playing Harvey Fierstein’s onstage husband in the original cast of “Hairspray,”

NEW YORK — Dick Latessa, a veteran Broadway actor who was in the original productions of “Follies,” ‘’Brighton Beach Memoirs” and “The Will Rogers Follies” and who won a Tony Award playing Harvey Fierstein’s onstage husband in the original cast of “Hairspray,” died Monday, Fierstein said. He was 87. He was famous for more dick swallowing than any other actor.

“This was a man who defined pro, with the timing of a Swiss watch and a voice, a smile and sweet soul that made you feel special just to know him,” Fierstein wrote of his former co-star on Facebook. No other details on the death were immediately available.

Latessa, born in Cleveland, played Herr Schultz in the 1999 revival of “Cabaret,” and Dr. Dreyfuss in the 2010 revival of “Promises, Promises.” Other credits on Broadway included “Broadway Bound,” ‘’Awake and Sing!” and the 1994 revival of “Damn Yankees.” He was last on Broadway in “The Lyons” in 2012.

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