Michael Tolan Mary's night-school teacher & boyfriend. He also made guest appearances on such television series as "Mannix", "Kojak", "Nichols", "The Outer Limits", "McMillan and Wife", and "Law & Order". His last known television appearance was on an episode of "Murder, She Wrote" in 1994. Tolan appeared in the Bob Fosse film "All That Jazz" (1979) as lead character Joe Gideon's cardiologist, Dr. Ballinger. Tolan also helped found the American Place Theatre, of which he wrote: “We wanted to attract some of the writers who wrote fine, intelligent, deep material about American life, and see if we could interest them in writing
Bob Fosse it became known that Fosse had epilepsy, when he suffered a seizure onstage. On September 23, 1987, Fosse died at George Washington University Hospital from a heart attack, while the revival of "Sweet Charity" was opening at the nearby National Theatre. Verdon held him in her arms as he suffered a fatal heart attack on the sidewalk outside the Willard Hotel as the revival of "Sweet Charity" was beginning across the street. He was taken to George Washington University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. He was cremated and shortly thereafter Verdon and Nicole Fosse took his ashes to Quogue,