Editing James McCracken (section)

{{Short description|American dramatic tenor}}
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{{infobox person
|name=James McCracken
|image=USIS - James McCracken crop 2.jpg
|caption=James McCracken as Cavaradossi in ''[[Tosca]]'' at the [[Vienna State Opera]] in the 1960s
|birth_date=December 16, 1926
|birth_place=[[Gary, Indiana]]
|death_date=April 29, 1988 (aged 61)
|death_place=
|occupation=Opera singer
|alma mater=[[Columbia University]]
|spouse=[[Sandra Warfield]]
|children=
}}
'''James McCracken''' (December 16, 1926 &ndash; April 29, 1988) was an American [[opera]]tic [[tenor]]. At the time of his death ''[[The New York Times]]'' stated that McCracken was "the most successful dramatic tenor yet produced by the United States and a pillar of the [[Metropolitan Opera]] during the 1960s and 1970s."<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/01/obituaries/james-mccracken-lauded-tenor-and-pillar-of-the-met-dies-at-61.html?scp=1&sq=James%20McCracken&st=cse|title=James McCracken: Lauded tenor and pillar at the Met dies at 61|work=[[The New York Times]]|author=Will Crutchfield|author-link=Will Crutchfield|date=May 1, 1988}}</ref>