On Thursday, January 25, 2007 at 10:11:16 PM UTC-5, wazzzy wrote:
> http://www.backstage.com/bso/news_reviews/other_news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003538026
> Actor and prominent member of the Los Angeles theatre community Bill M.
> Wingard died in a pedestrian/car accident in the Silver Lake area on
> Jan. 20. He was 43.
> Known for his trademark positive attitude, Wingard moved to Los Angeles
> in 2000. He wrote, produced, and performed in his play Kill Your
> Darlings at the Hudson Mainstage Theatre in 2004. The actor also was a
> member of Company of Angels, the oldest professional non-profit theatre
> in Los Angeles. Wingard was also known for his memorable role in the
> Company's production of XXX Love Act. At the time of his passing, he
> had been working on numerous stage and screen works.
> Born and raised in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Wingard moved to New
> York City in 1982 where he pursued a modest modeling career that led to
> acting roles in a few off-Broadway productions. In the early 1990s, he
> co-founded the small theatre group, Nakedville with Laurie Bailey and
> Kim Dooley in New York where Wingard also wrote numerous screen and
> stage plays.
> In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be sent to the
> Grand Strand Humane Society, 3241 Mr. Joe White Ave. North, Myrtle
> Beach, SC 29577, attn: Donation in Memory of Bill Wingard.
> ~~~
> from the Myrtle Beach News:
> William M. Wingard
> MYRTLE BEACH | William ''Tad'' M. Wingard, 43, died suddenly on
> Saturday, January 20, 2007 in a pedestrian accident in Los Angeles,
> Calif.
> Tad was born and raised in Myrtle Beach and moved to New York City in
> 1982 after graduating from Myrtle Beach High School.
> While living in New York, Tad pursued a modeling career which led to an
> interest in acting and performing in a few Off-Broadway productions.
> In the early 90's he co-founded a small theater group in New York,
> where his love of theater and acting became more apparent; he began to
> write numerous screen and stage plays.
> In 2000, Tad moved to Los Angeles to further his artistic career.
> In 2004 and most notably, Tad wrote, produced and acted in the premiere
> production of one of his plays at Hudson MAINSTAGE Theatre. This led to
> him becoming a member of Company of Angels theatre group in 2005.
> At the time of his death he was still working on numerous stage and
> screen works as well as becoming a website designer. He never stopped
> practicing and perfecting his artistic passions.
> Tad truly touched so many lives with his unique and always positive
> approach to life. There is no question he was a very bright light and a
> blissfully contented man and artist.
> His amazing spirit and the lessons he taught will live in us forever.
> He will be deeply missed by so many.
> He is survived by his parents, Rev. W. F. Wingard and Marguerite T.
> Wingard of Myrtle Beach; a sister, Amy T. Wingard of New York City,
> N.Y.; his closest friend, Mark Frankel of Los Angeles; an aunt, Mildred
> T. Davis of Greenville, S.C.; two uncles, Rev. Henry S. Wingard of
> Myrtle Beach and Harold J. Saine of Columbia; and numerous cousins.
> The family will receive friends at McMillan-Small Funeral Home on
> Friday, January 26, 2007 from 6 until 7:30 p.m.
> Funeral services will be held at St. Philips Lutheran Church on
> Saturday, January 27, 2007 at 11 a.m. Interment will be at 2:15 p.m. at
> Southeastern Memorial Gardens. The Rev. Dr. Richard ''Dick'' W. Albert
> will officiate.
> An online guest book is available at www.msfh.net and also at
> MyrtleBeachOnline.com.
> In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be sent to the
> Grand Strand Humane Society, 3241 Joe White Ave, Myrtle Beach, SC
> 29577.
> McMillan-Small Funeral Home of Myrtle Beach is serving the family.