PRODUCER KENLEY DIES AT 103

PRODUCER KENLEY DIES AT 103

Hollywood producer JOHN KENLEY has died, aged 103.
Kenley passed away on 23 October (09) in Cleveland, after a battle with pneumonia.
He began his entertainment career performing for late modern dance pioneer Martha Graham in the Greenwich Village Follies.
In 1940, Kenley became a summer theatre producer, and went on to launch the Kenley Players in Dayton, Ohio, attracting stars including Burt Reynolds, Robert Goulet, Mae West and Gypsy Rose Lee to his stage. He also opened theatres in several other Ohio towns.
Kenley moved into the Playhouse Square Center in downtown Cleveland in 1984.