The Detroit times., 1910-12-28
|6TOR STRICKEN
DEAD IN THtA1ER
ys,nk worthing, Seized With Hem
orrhAge, While Entering Garrick'
Soon Expires; Performance
Postponed.

no was entering the stage door VI
the Garrick theater, Tuesday eVehihs
y Irrank Worthing, leading man WIN
" kaiss Grace George, In Sauce Tor TIE
Goose" now playing an engagement
an that house, died few minutes
later on the stage, surrounded oy 'hs
members of the company VINO heu
rafbered hastily from their dressing
rooms as word was passed from
mouth TO mouth of the actors illness
Miss George rushed from her ares
\ ,sing room and knelt beside w
Worthing. who had been placed on a
couch. pulled out from the properties
belonging to tho play Whlie III
George l.. McElveen and DIR. Neal H.
Hoskins, who had been quickly sum
moned. endeavored TO stimulate me
.idying man with hypodermc lnjec-
lions, Miss George held the hand OF
her friend and co-artist and IL Was
her friendly fingers TO which he cluhs
MS death came.
Miss George. although dressed in
her costume for the first act ana with
her makeup on, refused TO STIR nom
the dead mans side until the under
takers arrived She kept up bravel!
until all the necessary details had
been attended to that she, as friend
bf the dead actor and the wife OF
William A. Brady the well'known
theatrical man. owner of the show
kould do, when she gave vent TO her
Igrief i'm weeping.
~ Mr.. Worthing was a great fayorite
with his associates and with the pub
lie. and his sudden death Will cause
widespread regret among his friends
in and out OF the profession and 20
( the theatergoing public. On his nrs'
entrance, Monday evening. in the
Garrick, he was greeted with storm
of welcoming applause, tribue al
ways paid him when playing in De
troit.
An audience that filled the theater
in every corner had gathered for the
X performance. Manager Lawrence, an
nounced that owing to the serious
Illness of a member of the company
there would be no performance. the
fact of Mr.. Workings sudden death,
q few moments before, being kept
from the audience.
Mr.. Worthing had suffered for sew
eral years from tuberculosis. and,
curlously enough. his last serious IL
ness overlook him in Detroit in. the
faH of 1909, when he was playrns
with Miss George in the Detroit Opera
house, in "Divorcons." He suffered
from pneumonia at that time and was
confined in hospital here for sew
eral months. He had not acted since
until a fortnight ago, when he joined
Miss George for the leading role in
her present new comedy. They had
3 been associated professionally for
many years. and Miss George and
her husband. Mr.. Brady, held Mr..
Worthing in the highest professional
and personal esteem.
Mr.. Worthing was born in Edin.
bureh, Scotland, 40 years ago, and
had been in America about 20 years.
He first appeared in New York as d
member of Augustin Days stock
company. He had been leading man
for many of the best-known actresses
on the English and American stage.
His talents were of most versatile
order, and he essayed with unfailing
success both comedy and serious
roles. He had a pleasing presence.
was of distinguished bearing and
tcourteous manners, and on or of the
stage, commanded attention.
& Mr.. Worthing knew of the condi-
ition of his health, and had been
urged not to undertake the present
road tour, but insisted that he would
ibe all right, and that in any event he
wished TO die in harness. He was
unmarried and is survived by
brother and sister living in New
York. The body lies in the under
taking rooms of Brace & Mailman
pending definite funeral arrange
ments
Miss George was so overcome by
Ithe events of Tuesday evening that
'ehe refused TO be seen in her apart
ments In the Hotel Pontchartrain,
"Wednesday morning Out of respect
TO Mr.. Worthing, the Wednesday mat
inee OF Sauce for the Goose" was
canceled, but regular performances
will be resumed, Wednesday evening.
f. d. Cromwell, who has been play.
n ing the part OF the butler in the com
edy and understanding Mr.. Worth
ing, will take the dead actors role oil
John Constable for the remainder OF
the engagement, the part of the but
z DER being filled by Mr.. Mcintyre, the
acting manager of the company.
nv Mr.. Workings body will be ship
ped to New York, Wednesday evening
and funeral services will be held In
the Little Church Around the Corner
Friday morning, under the direc
kion OF the Lambs club, of which Mr.
Worthing was a member
~ Mr. Worthing was an old pal OF
Joseph Kilgour. leading man with
Frances Starr in THE Easiest Way"
current In the Detroit opera house
Mr.. Kilgour was standing beside q
table, waiting for the curtain to rise
on the third act, Tuesday night. when
Miss Starr brought the news that Mr.
Worthing was dead Kilgour sank
into chair In state of collapse. and
" was several minutes before he was
kuficiently composed to 20 on with
the play.
n Frank Worthing was one OF my
dearest friends" said Mr.. KiIgour in
The Pontchartrain, as he sat at break
Fast with HIS wife, Wednesday. 81
was very close to him. both i'm this
country and In England. When my
name was proposed for membership
IN the Players club in 1899. Worthinp
vas the first man TO sign my indorse
4 ment
We have been docking for some
Thing like this. Frank was AZ ON
home In Los Angeles four years ago
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