Spencer
Henderson III was a Broadway dancer and choreographer. Credits include Steel
Magnolias, Footloose, and TV's The Love Boat. He died on November 14, 1993, at
his family's home in Fort Worth. He was 44. Queer Places:
Greenwood Memorial Park and Mausoleum Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA, Plot Meditation
Spencer
Henderson III was a Broadway dancer and choreographer. Credits include Steel
Magnolias, Footloose, and TV's The Love Boat. He died on November 14, 1993, at
his family's home in Fort Worth. He was 44.
The cause was AIDS, said Harold Fairbanks, a friend.
Mr. Henderson
danced on Broadway in "Promises, Promises" and "Jesus Christ, Superstar" and
in the national company of "Zorba." He performed in "Liza" at the Winter
Garden and in nightclub acts with Shirley MacLaine, Liza Minnelli and Chita
Rivera. He also danced on many television programs, including the "Tonight"
Show and "The Merv Griffin Show" as well as a number of awards specials.
He choreographed the stage show "David Copperfield IV" and the film "Steel
Magnolias," and was the assistant choreographer for "Footloose," "The Best
Little Whorehouse in Texas" and the television series "The Love Boat."
Spencer Henderson trained at the Joffrey and Harkness schools in New York and
graduated from the National Ballet Academic School in Washington, D.C. in
1967. He danced on Broadway with the Theater Dance Collection and toured with
Liza Minnelli, Shirley MacLaine, and Chita Rivera before moving to California
to work on film choreography.
My published books:
The Odessa American
(Odessa, Texas)
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