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EKU Theater Professor Homer Tracy Dies

Homer Tracy worked for 30 years in the Eastern Kentucky University theater department and "was the heart and soul of the place," colleague James R. Moreton said.
JUSTIN FOWLER — LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER
Homer Tracy worked for 30 years in the Eastern Kentucky University theater department and "was the heart and soul of the place," colleague James R. Moreton said.

In January, Sally Wilfert was onstage in New York's Lincoln Center singing Why Do High School Teachers Make Me Cry? in a show of works by Broadway composer and lyricist William Finn. As she left the stage after the funny, poignant number, which makes reference to films including Goodbye Mr. Chips and Mr. Holland's Opus, she was encouraged by Finn to return to the stage and point out that two of her college teachers were in the audience: Eastern Kentucky University theater professors James R. Moreton and Homer Tracy.

Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2012/05/21/2196153/homer-tracy-beloved-eku-theater.html#storylink=cpy

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