Actor/singer Hinton Battle, originator of the scarecrow role in Broadway's The Wiz, has passed away ... family has no plans to reveal his cause of death. The German-born star reportedly passed ...

Hinton Battle, the Tony-winning actor best known for originating the role of The Scarecrow in Broadway’s “The Wiz,” has died ... an exact cause of death. Born in West Germany, Battle ...

In a statement, a rep told The Hollywood Reporter that his family has no plans to disclose his cause of death. Battle would go on to lend his choreography prowess to the 65th and 66th Academy ...

confirmed his death but did not give a cause. Mr. Battle was only 18 when he made his Broadway debut in January 1975, playing the Scarecrow in the original Broadway production of “The Wiz.” ...

Hinton Battle, a three-time Tony Award winning actor who originated the role of Scarecrow in Broadway’s The Wiz, died yesterday. He was 67. His death was confirmed by his friend, the actor and ...

has answered that question. DEATH BATTLE! pits two fictional characters against each other in deadly combat, hence the name. The scientific-minded Wiz and Boomstick, the weapon enthusiast ...

Broadway star Hinton Battle, who played the original Scarecrow at the 1978 "The Wiz", has died at 67. He was a three-time Tony Award winner. Let's take a moment to remember a Broadway legend.

Hinton Battle, the three-time Tony winner who made his Broadway debut as the original Scarecrow in The Wiz at 15, has died. He was 67. The actor died on Jan. 30 at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in ...

No cause of death was mentioned. A choreographer, director, actor and writer, Battle made his Broadway debut as the original Scarecrow at the age of 15 in “The Wiz.” He studied at the Jones ...