Jeff Abraham, Author of The Show Won't Go On

Today on The Neil Haley Show's Caregiver Dave Celebrity Segment, Dave and The Total Tutor Neil Haley will interview Jeff Abraham, Author of The Show Won’t Go On.

how business has inspired artists to test their limits and create death-defying performances, but not everyone lives to tell the tale. For centuries, audiences have witnessed surprising deaths of entertainers from all walks of the business. This unusual phenomenon has never been explored quite like this. In the first comprehensive study of onstage deaths, unearthed details, little-known facts and anecdotes reveal the truth about the final curtain call that ended many artists’ lives.

The Show Won’t Go On: The Most Shocking, Bizarre, and Historic Deaths of Performers Onstage (Chicago Review Press - September 2019), by acclaimed pop culture historian Jeff Abraham and award-winning documentary producer and journalist Burt Kearns, recounts the events leading to the show stopping deaths of performers from all walks of show business. From Albert Brooks' father, comedian Harry “Parkyakarkus” Einstein to high-wire walker Karl Wallenda, rock star Dimebag Darrell Abbott to rapper Jax the Axehandler, Tommy Cooper, who died on live television to cult ukulele crooner Tiny Tim and J.I. Rodale, who died on the set of The Dick Cavett Show; the book delves into the lives of entertainers and their dedication to an art form that would see them through to the end.