Julian Barry Cause of Death

American screenwriter, Julian Barry has been reported dead. His death was reported by his daughter Julia Barry who shared that he died in his sleep and had been under medical care for congestive heart failure and late-stage kidney disease. He was 92.

Born on December 24, 1930, Julian Barry started his career in 1955 when he was cast in the 1955 Orson Welles production of King Lear at the New York City Center Theatre. He continued working on Broadway as an actor in the musical Shinbone Alley, where he was also a stage manager.

He also stage-managed the Budd Schulberg treatment of The Disenchanted about the real-life adventures of F. Scott Fitzgerald. He stage-managed seven other Broadway productions, appearing as an actor in several of them as well, and he worked in Broadway theatre in this capacity through the mix sixties when he started writing full-time.

Barry wrote the book for Jean Seberg in 1983, a musical biography of the American actress and political activist who committed suicide in Paris in 1979. The production was directed by Peter Hall at London’s National Theatre with music by Marvin Hamlishch. The production was a flop.