The Lion King on Broadway Star Clifton Oliver Useless at 47 – E! On-line

The Broadway neighborhood has misplaced a star.

Clifton Oliver, who appeared within the stage adaptation of The Lion King and different musicals, has died on Aug. 2, his sister Roxy Corridor confirmed. He was 47 years outdated.

“My child brother, Clifton Oliver, has had his remaining curtain name,” Corridor wrote on Facebook that day. “It was peaceable. His associate Richard, was singing to him the tune Psalm 23 as he took his final breath this morning at 3:20 AM. He had a Beautiful smile on his Lovely face!! He went twirling into the afterlife able to make his Grand Look because the Star of his Homecoming Celebration! My coronary heart is unhappy, and overjoyed on the identical time! I’ll miss him, however he’s lastly at peace!”

Corridor famous she is going to bear in mind her brother as somebody who “introduced a lot life to this world” and to her life. 

“He impacted the lives of individuals all through the world as he showcased his wonderful expertise, sort soul, and loving spirit to EVERYONE he met!” she continued. “He can be missed, however by no means forgotten! He lives inside all of us! Because the tune goes in considered one of his most outstanding roles of Simba within the Lion King on Broadway, He Lives In Me!”