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Twin Cities playwright and critic William Randall Beard dies at 64
May 12, 2021 6:33am
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A passionate voice in Twin Cities performing arts has been silenced by the coronavirus pandemic.
William Randall Beard, a playwright and freelance critic who wrote about classical music, theater and opera for the Star Tribune, Pioneer Press and Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, among others, died April 17 at HCMC. He was 64.
A devout Lutheran, Beard had a battery of longstanding health issues, including lupus and congestive heart failure.
Just over a decade ago, he had a terrible fall at Orchestra Hall literally down several flights of stairs and tore tons of ligaments and required 19 leg operations, said playwright Daniel Pinkerton, Beard s 40-year friend and onetime roommate. He could never quite walk right again. So he couldn t get the kind of exercise he needed. ....

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