Bernard Bragg, pioneering deaf actor who brought sign language to the stage, dies at 90

Bernard Bragg, an actor who broadened the boundaries of the stage by co-founding the National Theatre of the Deaf, a pathbreaking company that provided a showcase for deaf performers such as himself and the elegant beauty of sign language, died Oct. 29. He was 90.

His death was announced by the National Association of the Deaf. Other details were not immediately available.