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after a brave fight, died of cancer with his companion Charlotte and his brother Jim present. Charlotte and his daughters will welcome his friends on Friday, July 8th at "The Riverside" on Amsterdam Ave. and West 76th Street, NYC, from 3pm-5pm.
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for JOHN MCMARTIN
MA
September 7, 2016
To family,
I send my condolences. May God give you peace as you cope with your loss.
Dee Ring
July 18, 2016
Love and light to you Cha Cha xoxoxoxoxo
July 18, 2016
Please accept my condolences on the loss of your love one.
July 14, 2016
The McMartins from Iowa followed his career over the years. His shining light will be missed. Rest in peace.
Harry Simpson
July 13, 2016
Godspeed, and thank you for sharing a part of your life with us.
Rest John, until you hear at dawn,
the low, clear reveille of God.
Thank you for your service to this nation.
July 13, 2016
May family, friends and fans all look forward to seeing Mr Mcmartin in the future, in paradise. God love and care for you.
Victoria Morris
July 12, 2016
I am very sorry to the friends and family for the loss. Soon there will come a time when we will never have to grieve the loss of a loved one in death ever again. Ps 37:9-11
Peter Waldron
July 11, 2016
Oh Benteen. We remember you from Custer days.
Kathy Dougherty
July 10, 2016
You were one of the brightest of lights in the acting world. Grey Gardens was perfection. Thank you for doing it the right way, every time, every performance.
June Iseman
July 10, 2016
To Charlotte, sincerest condolences on Jack's passing. My thoughts are with you at this sad, sad time. He will be missed by so many people. He was greatly loved, an amazing talent, and what is so rare in this business, a gentleman. Rest in peace dear Jack.
Milica Mimi Koceva
July 9, 2016
I love you John...
Rest in peace.
Mimi
Jay Clark
July 9, 2016
What a sweet and gentle spirit. John will certainly be missed, but he will live on in all of those that worked with him and called him friend. Love to those who will miss him the most.
July 9, 2016
Grief can be so hard, but our special memories help us cope. Remembering you and your loved one today and always.
Doug LaBrecque
July 9, 2016
Deep Sympathy to Charlotte and John's family. He was such a passionate actor and sensitive soul. His kindness to the cast and the consistency of his performance provided great unspoken leadership during the run of Show Boat. We all loved him.
July 9, 2016
Please accept my condolences on the loss of your love one.
Patrick Tierney
July 9, 2016
I remembered his guest appearance on The Mary Tyler Moore Show among many others. My condolences to the family.
July 8, 2016
You will be greatly missed. I love you John McMartin.
Rest in Peace.
Carole Nealon
Daniel Regan
July 8, 2016
I am completely shocked by this news.
Saw him perform twice in into the woods, and then in anything goes.
Scott Chamberland
July 8, 2016
Rest in Peace
Skip Schultz
July 8, 2016
My entire career on Broadway, you were there.
Before I started, until after I retired.
It was a pleasure working with you.
"Follies", "The Great God Brown"/"Don Juan" and "Into the Woods".
July 8, 2016
Rest in peace.
Nellie
July 8, 2016
Thank you for the legacy you left us! Condolences to your wife and family.
Pat Birch
July 8, 2016
How we will all miss but remember a brilliant actor,gent and friend.
Love to Charlotte and he family.
Adrian Barnette
July 7, 2016
We'll miss you !
July 7, 2016
John was an outstanding talent. The roles he performed on tv and stage were always done in an excellent manner. His many, many fans will miss him. May his family have peace at this very sad time. JM
deborah rush
July 7, 2016
Charlotte, I hope you feel the great love from all of us coming to you. Seeing the love and dedication and tenderness you and John shared, so many, many years ago at the Public, was a wonderful thing. To know that it continued to the very end...is sublime.
Richard McHugh
July 7, 2016
A great actor , a great gentleman and many loved watching his performance on the stage, TV ,or on the big screen. I wish I could be there to join you in honoring John. I will join many in remembering him and praying for his family.
July 7, 2016
Being onstage with John in "ANYTHING GOES" was one of my favorite memories of all time. He was not only one of my favorite actors but one of my favorite people on this planet! Charlotte, I am sending love to you and the family and just know that we all adored John so very very much . I do believe we will not see the likes of him again -he was supremely gifted but also so very original and so very fun and dear . I will miss him so very very much. Julie Halston
Brian Lipton
July 7, 2016
One of the greatest actors and truest gentlemen I had the privilege of knowing. Condolences to Charlotte and the family.
Kristie and Tim McClain
July 7, 2016
We feel so privileged to have met him and talked to him a few times at Sardi's. He was a wonderful talent and a true gentleman.
Michael Ladenson
July 7, 2016
He was one of the great treasures of the New York theater world. I will never forget his performances in FOLLIES, GREY GARDENS and the Hal Prince production of THE VISIT. A long and successful life. All my sympathy to his loved ones.
Craig Bowley
July 7, 2016
I'll never forget the first preview of FOLLIES in Boston. John was more than amazing. I became an instant fan.
Rosie Bentinck
July 7, 2016
Rest in Peace dear John, a wonderful funny man, happy memories always of our time with The Visit.
Charlotte and his family are in my thoughts and prayers.
Love Rosie x
Chita Rivera
July 7, 2016
Your sweet and gifted spirit will be missed, I'm so blessed our lives crossed.
Love Chita
Michael Korie
July 7, 2016
A superb actor, dedicated artist, wonderful collaborator, a friend and a gentleman, John will long be remembered, and missed. Ivan's and my condolences to his family.
Steven Coster
July 7, 2016
My heavy heartfelt sadness is made lighter by John's memory, kindness and talent. I hope you can grief your loss by knowing how many people John made laugh, cry, and love. No amount of love and appreciation seems adequate right now. I and my husband met him several times back stage through the years. He is a darling sweet soul and may you always remember his spirit and light.
William Ryall
July 7, 2016
John was first and foremost a gentle man with a finely honed gift of comedy. I understudied John in one, High Society, which was not a success and again in the hit show Anything Goes. He was the truly funny, consistently good actor whether in a flop or a hit. He left me a note on a night that I would be going on for him and in it he said he was sorry he wouldn't be seeing my performance so he could steal the good bits. I assure you any good bits I may have had were bits I had already stolen from John! I'm pretty sure John is sitting at the end of a bar somewhere nursing a glass of wine and studying people's foibles to use in his own inemitable fashion on some piece of business that may defy logic but will get a huge laugh as only he was able. Rest in peace dear John.
Jeff Sweet
July 7, 2016
Sorry not to be on town Friday. I got such joy out of running into John on a regular basis in our neighborhood. There were always theatre stories to swap (most recently an account of his dealings with Dr. Max Jacobsen) and stories which he would draw out in that inimitably bemused voice. I can only begin to say how much I admired his work and how much I enjoyed his company. My condolences.
July 7, 2016
he was the only "Oscar" in SWEET CHARITY. Loved him in 2002 in the revival of INTO THE WOODS as well...wonderful wonderful actor...:(
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