Is Michael Lamont alive?

Famous ’90s Broadway photographer, Michael Lamont has died. He died after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease on June 5, 2023, at age 76. He was survived by his wife, Kay Cole, whom he had married for 35 years, and his nephew Neil Lamont.

He was into theatre productions and in 1989, was sponsored by Universal Studios to join the International Cinematographers Guild. He contributed largely to numerous productions and institutions such as The Geffen Playhouse, The Old Globe, Pasadena Playhouse, McCoy Rigby Entertainment, Deaf West Theatre, Colony Theatre, East West Players, NoHo Arts Center, Reprise, Getty Villa, Shakespeare Festival/L.A, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles.

Before going into photography, Lamont was a Broadway actor who started performing at the very young age of 13. His first performance on Broadway was Bye Bye Birdie in 1960. He performed in two other productions – Oliver! Do I Hear a Waltz?, and The Royal Hunt of the Sun – before he moved to photography full-time.

However, his passion for photography was so intense that he described it as “an improv; it has its own life. In the end, it is always about the specific emotional life, natural behavior, working moment to moment and being well lit, combining these elements with the artistry and experience of the photographer to create and capture the moment.”