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KEN Peter, the longtime executive director of Rainbow Stage, died Tuesday.

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KEN Peter, the longtime executive director of Rainbow Stage, died Tuesday.

“We’re stunned,” theatre general manager Julie Eccles said Wednesday morning.

“That’s a big blow to Rainbow Stage,” says Campbell McIntyre, board member and past president. “There was so much knowledge and background about musicals in that man.”

Peter, 66, was found by one of his children late yesterday afternoon in their home in East St Paul. The apparent cause of death was a heart attack.

He joined the board of Rainbow Stage in 1993 and five years later became its top administrator. For many years he ran the Ken Peter Dance Express, a dance school located on Springfield Road.

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“We’re stunned,” theatre general manager Julie Eccles said Wednesday morning.

“That’s a big blow to Rainbow Stage,” says Campbell McIntyre, board member and past president. “There was so much knowledge and background about musicals in that man.”

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