Editing Bob Fosse (section)

=== Death ===
Fosse died of a heart attack on September 23, 1987, at [[George Washington University Hospital]] while the revival of ''Sweet Charity'' was opening at the nearby [[National Theatre (Washington, D.C.)|National Theatre]].<ref name=obit>{{cite news |last=McQuiston |first=John T. |title=Bob Fosse, Director and Choreographer, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/24/obituaries/bob-fosse-director-and-choreographer-dies-a-veteran-at-13.html |quote=Robert Louis Fosse was born in Chicago on June 23, 1927, the son of a vaudeville entertainer. He began performing on the vaudeville circuit as a child, and by the age of 13 he was a seasoned veteran of many burlesque shows.&nbsp;... |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 24, 1987}}</ref> He had collapsed in Verdon's arms near the Willard Hotel.<ref>Hall, Charles and Stevenson, Douglas. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1987/09/24/bob-fosse-dies-after-collapsing-on-dc-street/85aaf6d6-e440-402e-b74e-7bd290ce10d3/ "Bob Fosse Dies After Collapsing on D.C. Street"] ''The Washington Post'', September 24, 1987</ref> As he had requested, Verdon and Nicole Fosse scattered his ashes in the Atlantic Ocean off [[Quogue, New York|Quogue, Long Island]], where Fosse had been living with his girlfriend of four years.{{sfn|Gottfried|2003|pages=449–450}} A month after his death, Verdon fulfilled Fosse's request for his friends to "go out and have dinner on me" by hosting a star-studded, celebrity-filled evening at [[Tavern on the Green]] with Verdon, Reinking, [[Jessica Lange]], [[Roy Scheider]], [[Ben Vereen]], and [[E. L. Doctorow]] attending.<ref>{{cite news |last=Barron |first=James |date=1987-12-20 |title=FOLLOW-UP ON THE NEWS; Fosse's Present Is Show-Stopper |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/20/nyregion/follow-up-on-the-news-fosse-s-present-is-show-stopper.html |access-date=2021-04-30 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>