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| | Playbill News: Report: Phantom Actor Steve Barton's Death Was a Suicide |
 | | Barton's publicist and manager, Michael Staringer, was quoted in The Post saying that Barton's substance abuse problems were "under control." Barton was to take on the role of Jason in the fall staging of the non musical Greek classic, Medea, at Pittsburgh Public Theater. |
 | | Barton received the IMAGE Award, the European theatrical honor equal to the Tony Award in the U.S. One of his proudest accomplishments was said to be the recording called, "Living Water," produced for charity. |
 | | Barton and wife Denny have a presidential scholarship named for them at UT. In addition to Berry, Barton is survived by a brother, Tom Barton of Nederland, TX, and a sister, Betty Barton Gambrell, also of Nederland. |
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