Broadway's first African-American Jean Valjean, Kyle Jean-Baptiste, dies at 21

Not only that, he was also the youngest person to ever play the part.

Musical theatre fans all over the world were left in shock over the weekend as they heard the news that 21-year-old Les Misérables star Kyle Jean-Baptiste had died.

The Broadway actor died on Friday night after falling off a fire escape at his mother’s apartment shortly after the show’s evening performance at the Imperial Theatre, New York City.