Quitmam Daniel Fludd III
“What a talent! Singer, dancer, pianist, songwriter, arranger, actor.” via Michael Green
Following info from The Tennessean [Nashville, Tennessee] Friday December 22, 1989 on page 39.
Services Set For Quitman Fludd III
A talented dancer, he trained at the Julliard School in New York, from which he went directly into his professional work as dancer and choreographer.
On Broadwayhe was one of the dancing waiters in Hello, Dolly!, one of the four tap dancing train porters; in the show-shopping scene in On the Twenty Century and stand-by for Ben Vereen in the role of Leading Player in Pippin.
He toured nationally in Hello, Dolly and appeared in summer stock producions of musicals that included West Side Story, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Oklahoma, The King and I, My Fair Lady, Cole, and Jesus Christ Super star. He also served as musical director and choreographer for the Chicago and London companies of Godspell.
Photo from The Tennessean Nashville, Tennessee: Tuesday, December 12, 1989 on page 24.
Family Information
Quitman Daniel Fludd III was born on Leap Day, Sunday, February 29, 1948 in Nashville, Tennessee. He was the son of Mr. Quitman “Jack” Daniel Fludd Jr. (1922 – 2008) and Mrs. Thomas Sarah (Peyton) Fludd Anderson (1926 – 2013). He passed on Saturday, December 9, 1989 in San Francisco California.
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Quitman Danekl Fludd III ~ Dancer, Choreographer, Director
Family Connections to Quitma Daniel Fludd III
His mother Thomas Sarah ( Peyton) Anderson’s Grandmother Sarah (Bartlett) Peyton was the sister of my Grandmother Jennie (Bartlett) Blakley Lyles. I have a DNA match with my Great Aunt Sarah’s lineage on branch of Wade Peyton Jr’s sister Mrs. Myrtle (Peyton) Younger (1883 – 1956) her daughter Uldene Francis (Younger) Duke Ervin (1904 -1991)
R.I. P. cousin Quitman III
God bless
S. A. Blakley
