Editing Larry Shue (section)

==Death==
At the age of 39, Shue died in the [[Henson Airlines Flight 1517|crash of a Beech 99 commuter plane]] en route to [[Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport]] near [[Weyers Cave, Virginia]]; all fourteen people on the flight were killed, twelve passengers and two crew.<ref name=specter-carton>{{cite news|last1=Specter|first1=Michael|last2=Carton|first2=Barbara|title=Crash Cause Sought At Blue Ridge Site|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=25 September 1985|pages=C1,C5}}</ref><ref name=smith-victims>{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Philip|title=Actor-Playwright and Businessmen Among Victims Aboard Henson Flight|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=25 September 1985|page=C5}}</ref> Shue was traveling from New York to his family home in Virginia.<ref>{{cite web |date=July 23, 2021 |title=Larry Shue, 39, an actor and playwright... |work=[[Orlando Sentinel]] |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1985/09/26/larry-shue-39-an-actor-and-playwright/ |access-date=May 20, 2025}}</ref>

At the time, Shue was preparing for his first major performance on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]. He had originated the role of Reverend Crisparkle in [[Joseph Papp]]'s ''[[The Mystery of Edwin Drood (musical)|The Mystery of Edwin Drood]]''<ref name="simon">{{cite journal |last1=Simon |first1=John |title=Southern Exposure |journal=New York |date=11 November 2004 |url=http://nymag.com/nymetro/arts/theater/reviews/10393/ |access-date=7 September 2019}}</ref> in the performance at [[Central Park|Central Park's]] [[Delacorte Theater]] and was excited about the move.<ref>{{cite web |date=December 5, 2009 |title=Back in Time: 1985-86: The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Part I |publisher=JKsTheatreScene |url=https://www.jkstheatrescene.com/2009/12/back-in-time-1985-86-mystery-of-edwin.html |access-date=May 20, 2025}}</ref> He was also writing a film adaptation of ''The Foreigner'' for Disney.<ref name="Utah" />

Among many other eulogies, author [[Thomas M. Disch]] said that Shue's death was "fate's cruelest trick on the theater since the murder of [[Joe Orton]]."<ref>{{cite journal |last= Disch |first= Thomas M. |title= ''The Nerd'' |journal= [[The Nation]] |volume= 244 |date= April 18, 1987 |page= 517}}</ref> Canadian actor Jeff Brooks said, "I knew him, and I saw him play Charlie [in the play ''The Foreigner''] in New York. Then I played it in New York after him, although we're quite different as actors." Shue played the smaller role of Froggy, and Brooks had something to say about that, as well: "I know damn well he wrote Charlie for himself. As an actor, he was such a cut-up. When I saw him, he was wonderful. I remember thinking a couple of times that he's doing things that if he were the playwright sitting out here, he'd be saying, 'Oh, stop that. Cut that out.' But he was having so much fun inventively in the role."<ref name= "Atla" />

His family established the Larry Shue Memorial Scholarship Fund at [[Glenbard West High School]], where his mother had taught.<ref name="Glen" />