voc, 1952-1991 US, Chicago
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Merrell Jackson (April 26, 1952 – February 23, 1991) was an actor who played one of the apostles in the film Godspell (1973). He sang "All Good Gifts".Jackson graduated from Chicago's Calumet High School in 1971, where he was a soloist for the a cappella chorus, and had leading roles in two stage productions for which he won the "best actor" award. During his senior year he played King Melchior in a school production of the Christmas opera Amahl and the Night Visitors that was shown on local television TV 26, and was an understudy in the Chicago production of the rock musical The Me Nobody Knows. He also sang in the All-City High School Chorus. In the summer of 1971 he was awarded a scholarship to go to the National Youth Chorus Workshop at Wolf Trap American University Academy for the Per
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