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Harold Prince, Annenberg Center

Harold (“Hal”) Prince (C’48, Hon’71), legendary Broadway producer, Tony Award winner and a longtime Annenberg Center board member and chair of its director’s advisory council, died July 31 after a brief illness. He was 91.

Mr. Prince was born in Manhattan and attended University of Pennsylvania, where he was an active member in Penn Players and led the founding of Penn’s radio station, WXPN.

He went on to produce and direct many of the most enduring musicals in theater history, and he won more Tony Awards (21) than anyone else.

Mr. Prince’s generosity in 1965 helped fund the construction of the Annenberg Center, and one of its three theatres bears his name. He received Penn’s Creative Spirit Award in 2015.

Mr. Prince is survived by his wife, Judy Chaplin; son, Charles; daughter, Daisy; and three grandchildren.

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