Tony Award-winning choreographer Bob Avian dies aged 83

Tony Award-winning choreographer Bob Avian (Shiho Fukada/AP)

Bob Avian, a Tony Award-winning choreographer who had a role in some of the most beloved and influential shows on Broadway, has died at the age of 83.

Avian died on Thursday of cardiac arrest at Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, said Matt Polk, head of the theatrical publicity firm Polk & Co.