Tom Jones Death: When Did Tom Jones Die?

Publish date: 2024-06-05

Tom Jones Death: When Did Tom Jones Die?: Tom Jones was born on February 17, 1928, in Littlefield, Texas, and attended the University of Texas at Austin.

Shortly after serving in the Korean War, he moved to New York and began his theater career by writing for the revues being staged by the impresario Julius Monk.

He worked with John Donald Robb on “Joy Comes to Deadhorse,” a musical western loosely based on Edmond Rostand’s 1894 play “Les Romanesques”

Jones worked on a number of projects but was best known for writing the book and lyrics for the musical “The Fantasticks”, a show that ran for over four decades, making it the longest-running musical in U.S. history.

“The Fantasticks” ran at Sullivan Street for more than 17,000 performances until 2002. A revival of “The Fantasticks” opened in 2006 and ran for more than 4,300 performances until 2017.

In addition to “The Fantasticks,” he worked together with Schmidt on “I Do! I Do!” and “110 in the Shade,” which opened on Broadway in 1963 and ran for 330 performances.

Jones earned Tony nominations for “I Do! I Do!” and “110 in the Shade,” and won the Drama Desk Vernon Rice Award for “The Fantasticks” in 1961.

Sadly, the lyricist and librettist of long-running ‘The Fantasticks’ has died. Tom Jones passed away on Friday, August 11, 2023, at his home in Sharon, Connecticut. He was 95 and died from cancer, his son said.