{"id":14170,"date":"2022-04-21T11:39:27","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T09:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1630089"},"modified":"2022-04-21T12:00:08","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T10:00:08","slug":"robert-morse-mad-men-star-and-tony-winner-dies-aged-90","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/robert-morse-mad-men-star-and-tony-winner-dies-aged-90\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Morse \u2013 Mad Men star and Tony winner \u2013 dies, aged 90"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Minnie Wright\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 21 April 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Robert Morse, who starred in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and famously played the eccentric co-founder of Sterling Cooper, Bert Cooper, in Mad Man, has died at the age of 90.<\/p>\n<p>His son Charlie confirmed the news to <a href=\"\/\/abc7.com\/robert-morse-dead-obituary-mad-men\/11775682\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Eyewitness News<\/a> last night. Morse\u2019s cause of death has not yet been reported.<\/p>\n<p>The actor won a Tony Award for his role opposite Rudy Vall\u00e9e in the original 1961 broadway production of Frank Loesser\u2019s musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.<\/p>\n<p>He later starred in the film adaptation.<\/p>\n<p>Morse was awarded his second Tony for his portrayal of Truman Capote in the 1989 production of one-man play Tru.<\/p>\n<p>Writer and producer Larry Karaszewski paid tribute to Morse on Twitter, writing: \u201cMy good pal Bobby Morse has passed away at age 90.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA huge talent and a beautiful spirit. Sending love to his son Charlie &amp; daughter Allyn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHad so much fun hanging with Bobby over the years \u2013 filming People v OK &amp; hosting so many screenings (How To Succeed, Loved One, That\u2019s Life).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">My good pal Bobby Morse has passed away at age 90. A huge talent and a beautiful spirit. Sending love to his son Charlie &amp; daughter Allyn. Had so much fun hanging with Bobby over the years &#8211; filming People v OJ &amp; hosting so many screenings (How To Succeed, Loved One, That\u2019s Life) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/H1vCD3jjul&quot;\">pic.twitter.com\/H1vCD3jjul<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Larry Karaszewski (@Karaszewski) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/Karaszewski\/status\/1517042473695989764?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">April 21, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p><em>More to follow\u2026<\/em><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Minnie Wright Published: Thursday, 21 April 2022 at 12:00 am Robert Morse, who starred in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and famously played the eccentric co-founder of Sterling Cooper, Bert Cooper, in Mad Man, has died at the age of 90. 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