George A. Parkhurst
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George Augustus Parkhurst (March 18, 1841 – July 2, 1890) was an American stage actor who was one of the last surviving members of the company of actors present on the night of April 14, 1865, when John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln during their performance of Our American Cousin.[1] Late in his life Parkhurst created the role of Hobbs in the 1888 American debut of Little Lord Fauntleroy.[2]
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George A. Parkhurst | |
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Born | (1841-03-18)March 18, 1841 |
Died | July 2, 1890(1890-07-02) (aged 49) |
Occupation(s) | Actor, Civil Servant |
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When Booth shot President Lincoln, Parkhurst was onstage playing the part of a bailiff[3] as a member of a stock company managed by the British actress Laura Keene.[1] Parkhurst had planned to stop by Booth’s dressing room at Ford's Theatre that night to borrow a costume;[1] an appointment that for different reasons both missed.[4]