What is Kyle Jean-Baptiste?
{{Infobox person | name = Kyle Jean-Baptiste | image = <!-- just the filename, without the File: or Image: prefix or enclosing [[brackets]] --> | alt = | caption = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = {{Birth date|1993|12|3}} | birth_place = [[New York]], [[United States|U.S.]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|8|28|1993|12|3}} | death_place = [[New York City]], U.S. | nationality = American | other_names = | occupation = Stage actor | years_active = 2015 | known_for = ''[[Les Misérables (musical)|Les Misérables]]'' | alma_mater = [[Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School]]<br />[[Baldwin Wallace University]]<ref name=almamater>{{cite news|title=‘Les Miserables’ actor Kyle Jean-Baptiste dies at 21|url=http://wgntv.com/2015/08/29/les-miserables-actor-kyle-jean-baptiste-dies-at-21/|access-date=29 August 2015|publisher=WGNTV.com|date=Aug 29, 2015|archive-date=30 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150830102333/http://wgntv.com/2015/08/29/les-miserables-actor-kyle-jean-baptiste-dies-at-21/|url-status=dead}}</ref> | notable_works = }} '''Kyle Jean-Baptiste''' (December 3, 1993 – August 28, 2015) was an [[Americans|American]] [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] actor. He was the youngest actor ever to play the role of [[Jean Valjean]] in ''[[Les Misérables (musical)|Les Misérables]]'' on Broadway. He was also the first African-American to play that role on Broadway. Jean-Baptiste died at age 21, after falling off a [[fire escape]] staircase at his mother's home in [[New York City]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Jean-Baptiste, Kyle}} [[Category:1993 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:Accidental deaths from falls in the United States]] [[Category:Accidental deaths in New York City]] [[Category:Actors from New York (state)]] [[Category:African-American actors]] [[Category:American stage actors]] {{US-actor-stub}}