James Emil Coco was an American stage and screen actor.
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10 Facts About James Coco
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James Coco was the recipient of a Primetime Emmy Award, a Drama Desk Award and three Obie Awards, as well as nominations for a Tony Award, an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards.
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James Coco made his Broadway debut in Hotel Paradiso in 1957, but his first major recognition was for Off-Broadway's The Moon in Yellow River by Denis Johnston, for which he won an Obie Award.
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James Coco's first modern collaboration with playwright Terrence McNally was a 1968 Off-Broadway double-bill of the one-act plays Sweet Eros and Witness, followed by Here's Where I Belong, a disastrous Broadway musical adaptation of East of Eden that closed on opening night.
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James Coco achieved success with Neil Simon, who wrote The Last of the Red Hot Lovers specifically for him.
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Coco, a veteran of many failed diets, was the author of the bestselling book The James Coco Diet, released on February 1,1983, which documented his successful weight reduction system.
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On television, Coco starred on two unsuccessful 1970s series, Calucci's Department and The Dumplings, and made guest appearances on many series, including ABC Stage 67, NBC Children's Theater, The Edge of Night, Marcus Welby, M D, Trapper John, M D, Medical Center, Maude, Fantasy Island, Alice, The Eddie Capra Mysteries, Murder, She Wrote, The Muppet Show, The Carol Burnett Show, The Love Boat, $weepstake$, and St Elsewhere, for which he won an Emmy Award.
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James Coco died at St Vincent's Hospital, Manhattan, on February 25,1987, at age 56 after suffering a heart attack at his Greenwich Village home.
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James Coco is buried in St Gertrude's Roman Catholic Cemetery in Colonia, New Jersey.
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