Steve Barton died of heart failure, plain and simple. Any reports that he committed suicide or had bipolar disorder are lies, based on what is known to the public (via family representatives' words to Steve's fan club). The autopsy report shows none of the reported "empty bottles of heart medication" on the scene that the people claiming Barton committed suicide say were there.
Were there bottles of heart and painkiller medication there? Yes.
Did they have anything to do with his death? Absolutely not. The forensic blood tests confirmed there was absolutely no abnormal alcohol or drug content in Steve's bloodstream at the time of death, aside from a minimal maintenance dose of depressant, and a normal daily dose of high blood pressure and painkiller medications that were assumed to have been taken the day of death.
Steve did not commit suicide, and if he did, Crawford's hiring would hardly be the biggest blow.
> Yes, I believe it was
>
> > Right. But wasn't that after the decision was made that
> > he would not be playing Krolock on Broadway? I thought
> > the snub was a contributing factor in his demise...
> >
> > > Steve Barton died in 2001.
> > >
> > > > Think of the money they'd have
> > > > saved if they'd have used the wonderful Steve Barton and
> > > > counted on a cool concept and word of mouth to sell
> > > > tickets.
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