Broadway Singing Coach, 87, In Coma After Random Attack In Manhattan

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Lauren Pazienza, the woman accused of fatally shoving Broadway vocal coach Barbara Maier Gustern, remained in custody as of this morning after a $500,000 cash bail was set at an arraignment hearing in Manhattan yesterday.

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A suspect in the death of Broadway singing coach Barbara Maier Gustern is in police custody and will be charged with manslaughter and assault. Lauren Pazienza, 26, of Port Jefferson, Long Island, New York, turned herself in to New York police today.

The death last week of Broadway singing coach Barbara Maier Gustern has been classified by New York police as a homicide. Her attacker, who shoved the elderly Manhattan resident from behind, remains at large.

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NEW YORK -- An 87-year-old singing coach street died Tuesday of head injuries from being shoved to the ground on a New York City street, police said while searching for a suspect in what a top official called “an unprovoked, senseless attack.”Barbara Maier Gustern, who had worked with performers on Broadway and beyond, hit her head and was critically injured in the attack Thursday night.A woman crossed the street, came up behind Gustern and pushed her to the ground on West 23rd Street in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood, according to police, who have released surveillance video of the suspect.Chief of Detectives James Essig said the assault was “an unprovoked, senseless attack.”“That’s horrific. An 87-year-old woman, just walking down the street, knocked to the ground,” Essig said at a news conference Tuesday, deploring the “disgusting and disgraceful offense.”Friends told The New York Times that Gustern had just left her apartment to catch a student's performance after hosting a rehearsal for a cabaret show in her apartment.Gustern had been known in the theater world for decades.

We’re so sorry to report this tragedy: beloved Broadway vocal coach Barbara Maier Gustern has passed away at the age of 87.