Broadway - 1985 - Old Deuteronomy Broadway - 1986 - Old Deuteronomy Left the show in May 1986. He appeared in several Broadway shows, including ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''A Doll's Life.'' In 1987 he appeared in ''Les Miserables" and was understudy to Colm Wilkinson in the lead role of Jean Valjean. Shortly after learning that the lead was to be his that autumn, he disappeared for several days; he was found dead of a cocaine overdose in his apartment.