European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 11, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Brynner and wife Kathy above following the doting of i Broadway revival in june of this year. Right Brynner and Deborah Ken in the 1956 production of the King and i. Yul Brynner 1920-1985 a very special Talent associated press y us Bryn mfr s More  three dozen movies wore dwarfed by his record 4,625stage performances the Bald autocratic Monarch of Siam in the King and i. Die thursday in no York at the age of 65 he was a remarkable person said Charlton Heston who starred with Brynner in Cecil b. Dam in r 1956 epic the ten commandments his work in King find was beyond compare he was n very special  although Brynner made More than three do on movies including trip ten commandments. The magnificent seven and Annstasia he was Boot  for his stage and screen portrayals of Tho King in the Rodgers and Hammer Stem musical classic the role brought him a Tony in 195?, in Oscar in 1057. And n special Tuny in jump he played i f Nai performance As the pm Juno 30 at the Broadway to Sumter at the end of a s in  almost 1 i s thai tour was  dry nor. Who i1 on.1  v cigarettes n , Neo Miou by  Iti by in if1 in up t a tob3 ,.? n Rio  vol p ilk ". Fin Llor luny of inc he i of Irr Sinni medical 1 no it d through 63 i j a he d ni-1 Lysis civil Pfob Lonis  it was a crash in the urus when i was 17 or the so  illness that i had pro of recent  Bynner said in an interview last Ocif to r you have to Mako a  being sick in bed. And that s a Lea Somi kid us ten ii or  in a theater to standing Oval ans every n get. The ,1 a obvious. I simply to on  " Brymer was born 7a,Khan on a Ikon Fri Island. North of Japan Whitfi is now a part of the soviet Union his office gives Tho Date As july 11. 1920. Although other publications list the year As 1917 or 1916 his background was As exotic As his looks. His lather was a mongolian mining Engineer who was born in Switzerland and later changed the family name to Brynner. His Mother was a Gypsy who died at his birth Brynner s Early childhood tvs spent in peking bul he went to Paris to live with his grandmother and stud in Europe. Brynner began performing in nightclubs and circuses and later worked As an acrobat until a fall at 17 forced him to give up the trapeze. He studied philosophy at tie sorbonne arid acting with russian director Michael Chekhov and Carne to the United states in 1941 with Chekhov s acting troupe he made his Broadway debut in 1946 As an Oriental Prince in the musical Wilc song. The King and i set in the 1860s, concerns English governess Anna Leonowens. Played originally by Gertrude Lawrence who journeys to Siam Tot Lor the country s Crown Prince and ends up educating his father As Well. The themes of the play Are still valid today Brynner said. In Tho 50s, human rights and women s lib were pretty much intellectual exercises. That s Why the play is not at All old fashioned. Conflicts Between East and West men and women the generation Gap. Allol these things Are in the  the musical opened on Broadway on March 29. 1951, and became one of Rodgers and Hammer Stem s biggest hits. Brynner later starred with Deborah Kerr in the movie version released in 1956. He played the King again in a 1977 revival then again at the London palladium in june 1979 for Over a year before beginning the Imal lengthy tour in Early 1981. More than 3.6 million theatregoers Are estimated to have seen him in the role on Broadway and another 4 5 million on the Road. Brynner shaved his head Lor Tho role in 1951 and made that his trademark. He a married four times. His first wife was actress Virginia Gilmore. They had one son. Rock. Brynner then married Doris Kleiner in 1946. And they had one child Victoria. Brynner s third Wile was Jacqueline thion de la chaume. They were married in 1 97 1 and adopted two vietnamese orphans Mia and Melody. In 1983, he married Kathy Lee who played the Lead Royal dancer in Brynner s final tour of the King and i. Friday. October 11, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 13