Battle, a three-time Tony award-winner, died last week aged 67. His co-star in The Wiz, the hit musical riffing on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, remembers a remarkable performer
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At 18, he played the Scarecrow in the original Broadway production of 'The Wiz.' He went on to win three Tony Awards for best featured actor in a musical.