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Stars Of Stage And Screen Pay Heartfelt Tribute To 'Legend, Icon' Stephen Sondheim

Barbra Streisand, Viola Davis, Idina Menzel, Ava DuVernay, Hugh Jackman, Lin-Manuel Miranda and more lined up to honor the musical theater legend.
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Celebrities joined thousand of fans on social media in honoring the late Broadway icon Stephen Sondheim, who died Friday at the age of 91.

Stars of stage and screen — including Barbra Streisand, Viola Davis, Idina Menzel, Ava DuVernay, Hugh Jackman, Bernadette Peters, Anna Kendrick, Lin-Manuel Miranda and George Takei ― described the pioneering musical theater composer as a “legend,” a “great master” and a “revolutionary voice.”

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