''The Show Won't Go On: The Most Shocking, Bizarre, and Historic Deaths of Performers Onstage'' is a 2019 nonfiction book written by

Jeff Abraham Jeff Abraham is an American publicist, comedy historian and author. His book, '' The Show Won't Go On: The Most Shocking, Bizarre, and Historic Deaths of Performers Onstage'', was written with Burt Kearns, and published on September 3, 2019, by Chic ...

and

Burt Kearns Burt Kearns is an American author, television and film producer, writer and director, and journalist, known for his work in reality television and his controversial 1999 tabloid television memoir, '' Tabloid Baby''. His latest book, a biography ...

. It is the first comprehensive study of the phenomenon of performers who died onstage, or were stricken onstage and died soon after. The book was published on 3 September 2019 by

Chicago Review Press Chicago Review Press, or CRP, is a U.S. book publisher and an independent company founded in 1973. Chicago Review Press publishes approximately 60 new titles yearly under eight imprints: Chicago Review Press, Lawrence Hill Books, Academy Chicago, ...

under its A Cappella Books imprint. ''The Show Won't Go On'' covers the deaths of performers both famous and obscure, grouped into performing arts genres, including theatre, comedy, magic and escape artistry, dance, classical music, opera, rock 'n' roll, hip hop, country music, gospel music, jazz, international pop music, television, radio, social media, vaudeville and the circus. More than 200 cases are examined or cited, and the authors are keeping a tally of recent onstage deaths on the book's website.

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