Brother of actress Patti LuPone and founder of the off-Broadway group MCC Theater, Bob LuPone passed away on Saturday after a three-year struggle with pancreatic cancer. Age-wise, he was 76
LuPone, who was born on July 29th, 1946, had an early interest in the arts after seeing his younger sister Patti dance at a school event
Before enrolling in the Martha Graham Studio in his adolescent years, he started taking tap lessons. He played the oboe and studied acting in high school
His first professional jobwas in the cast of The Pajama Game at Westbury Music Fair, which starred Liza Minnelli
His Broadway debut came in Noel Coward's Sweet Potato not long after he received his BFA in dance from Juilliard in 1968
In 1975, LuPone was cast as Al in Michael Bennett's upcoming production of A Chorus Line, but he later won the role of Zach after another actor left the production
After appearing in musicals for more than a decade, LuPone eventually stopped dancing and focused more on developing his acting abilities
The Broadway productions of Late Nite Comic, Zoya's Apartment, A View From the Bridge, True West, and A Thousand Clowns all included LuPone as an actor