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Bernie Yvon, Local Actor, Killed in Indiana Car Crash

By Alex Parker | September 6, 2014 5:09pm | Updated on September 7, 2014 7:45pm
 Bernie Yvon and Daniel Coonley perform in the Marriott Theatre's 2010 production of "The Music Man."
Bernie Yvon and Daniel Coonley perform in the Marriott Theatre's 2010 production of "The Music Man."
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CHICAGO — The Chicago theater community suffered two losses Saturday, with the deaths of actors Molly Glynn and Bernie Yvon.

Yvon, 50, was reportedly killed in a car crash heading to a reheasal in Indiana. He was set to appear in "Women On The Verge of a Nervous Breakdown," opening next week in Munster, Indiana.

Yvon, an Albany Park resident, was a fixture of the Chicago stage, and was nominated for five Jeff Awards, honoring excellence in Chicago theather.

He worked on Broadway, performing the role of Harry Houdini in "Ragime" and starred at the Kennedy Center in "The Merry Widow."

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