Tharon Musser, the dean of Broadway lighting design, passed away at the age of 84. "After a long illness, Tharon passed away comfortably in the company of her long-time partner Marilyn Rennagel," reports Steve Terry, who worked with Tharon on the Tony Award-winning production of A Chorus Line in 1975. "For those of us that knew Tharon, this is not unexpected news, but still very, very hard to hear."
Musser received a Light In Life Award at LDI in 1990, as well as a Wally Russell Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995. At the 2007 United States Institute of Theatre Technology (USITT) conference in Phoenix, Arizona, Musser was honored with a tribute to her long and impressive career.
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