deaths
June 29, 2006
Lloyd Richards, Canadian-American theatre director, actor, and dean (born 1919)

Lloyd Richards
Lloyd George Richards was a Canadian-American theatre director, and actor. While head of the National Playwrights Conference, he helped cultivate many of the most famous theater writers of the 20th century. He was also the dean of the Yale School of Drama from 1979 to 1991, and was the first Black director on Broadway.
June 29
June 29 is the 180th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 185 days remain until the end of the year.