John Christopher Jones, an actor with over a dozen Broadway credits, including Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, has died.

Jones passed away on September 15 in New York City due to complications from Parkinson’s disease, as announced by his friend Jeff Baron via The Hollywood Reporter.

He was 77.

His death was also announced on social media by his wife, MaryBeth Coudal. Her post noted that despite battling Parkinson’s for over 22 years, Jones “never allowed his diminishing abilities to dampen his extraordinary creative output and unwavering enthusiasm for the theater.”

Born into a theatrical family in Greenfield, Mass., Jones studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts in the early 1970s. He was also a founding member of Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Massachusetts.

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