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Wilson attended the Juilliard School.
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Lester Wilson
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Bob Fosse cast him in a 1963 revival of Pal Joey at the New York City Center. Wilson toured London with Sammy Davis, Junior. in Golden Boy. Lester"s best known choreography was the 1977 movie Saturday Night Fever for which he coached John Travolta.
Wilson had choreographed for Diana Ross, Dalida, Gladys Knight, Billy Crystal, Liza Minnelli and Ann-Margret, in her Las Vegas stage spectaculars.
He also choreographed "The Wiz" and the 1984 movie Beat Street. Lester also choreographed several Broadway musicals, including Grind with Ben Vereen.
In February 1993, Wilson died of a heart attack brought on by complications from Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in Los Angeles at the age of 50. Wilson was a major contributor to the fight against Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, notably in choreography created for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Project/Los Angeles He had previously undergone a quintuple bypass in 1979 at the age of 37.
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