Funeral services will be held this morning for Joseph Kessler, Jewish actor who died on Wednesday at the age of 51.
Kessler, who was an exponent of Shakespearean roles, died on the eve of a foreign tour. He was a native of Hungary, coming to this country thirty-one years ago. He achieved a reputation on the Yiddish stages of the United States, Europe, Australia and South Africa.
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