Tony Walton Cause Of Death Revealed

Legendary British costume designer, Tony Walton, 87, had died of complications from a stroke, in New York in his Upper West Side apartment.

The ‘Broadway’ and ‘the Big Screen’ set designer’s résumé included an Oscar, three Tonys, an Emmy and work on ‘Mary Poppins,’ ‘A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,’ ‘The Wiz,’ ‘Pippin’ and ‘Death of a Salesman.’

Walton also collected Oscar noms for his costume work on Mary Poppins (1964) — he was married to the star of the film, his childhood sweetheart Andrews, from 1959 until their 1968 divorce —​ and Murder on the Orient Express (1974) and for his costume and design contributions to the Diana Ross-starring The Wiz (1978).

Walton also received an Emmy for his art direction on the 1985 telefilm Death of a Salesman, starring Dustin Hoffman.

He was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame in 1991 and received a lifetime achievement award from the Art Directors Guild in 2012.

Walton, who also worked on Broadway in Golden Boy, Chicago, A Day in Hollywood /A Night in the Ukraine, Woman of the Year, Sophisticated Ladies, Anything Goes, I’m Not Rappaport, Grand Hotel, The Will Rogers Follies and Uncle Vanya, among others, received 16 Tony noms during his spectacular career.

Born on Oct. 24, 1934, in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, Walton was the son of a surgeon. He trained at the Slade School of Art in London in the mid-’50s and served as a Royal Air Force pilot in Canada.

His first design project was an off-Broadway revival of Noël Coward’s Conversation Piece in 1957.