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Jeffrey Charles William Michael "Jeff" Conaway (October 5, 1950 – May 27, 2011) was an American actor known for his role of Kenickie in the movie Grease and two US television series Taxi and Babylon 5. Conaway was also featured in the first and second season of the reality television series Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew.
Jeff Conaway was born in the New York City borough of Manhattan and raised in the Astoria, Flushing, and Forest Hills neighborhoods of the borough Queens. His father, Charles, was an actor, producer and publisher. His mother, Helen, an actress who went by the stage name Mary Ann Brooks, taught music at New York City's Brook Conservatory. They divorced when he was three, and Conaway and his two older sisters lived with his mother. He also spent time living with his grandparents in South Carolina, which gave him enough of a Southern accent that when he accompanied his mother to a casting call for director Arthur Penn's Broadway play All the Way Home, a story set in Knoxville, Tennessee, the 10-year-old Conaway landed a featured role as one of four boys. The 1961 Pulitzer Prize-winning play was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Play and ran 333 performances and one preview from November 29, 1960, to September 16, 1961. Conaway remained for the entire run, then toured with the national company of the play Critic's Choice.
Sonny:
Why do I say
Don't walk away
You'll be the way you were before
When you don't want me anymore
Don't turn around
Don't ever leave
A lonely room where empty days
Are gathering to meet me when you're
Sonny/Muses:
Gone, gone
Sonny:
How in the world will I go on
Muses:
Don't walk away
Sonny:
All you gotta do is stay
Muses:
Don't walk away
Sonny:
All you gotta do is stay
Muses:
Don't walk away
Sonny:
Don't walk away
Muses:
Don't walk away
Sonny:
Don't say goodbye
Muses:
Don't say goodbye
Sonny:
Don't turn around
Muses:
Don't turn around
Sonny:
Don't let it die
Muses:
Don't let it die
Sonny:
When shadows fall
Muses:
When shadows fall
Sonny:
When day is done
Muses:
When day is done
Sonny:
All through the night
Muses:
All through the night
Sonny:
All of my life
Muses:
All of my life
Sonny:
Don't walk away
Danny:
Is it a dream,
When will it end
When everything we've ever known
Has ended and I'm all alone
Where will I go
Melpomene/Calliope:
Where will he go
Danny:
Where will I be
The feelings that I've never shown
Maybe I'll find the answer when you're
Danny/Melpomene/Calliope:
Gone, gone
Danny:
How in the world will I go on
Melpomene:
Don't walk away
Calliope:
All you gotta do is stay
Melpomene:
Don't walk away
Muses:
Don't walk away
Sonny:
Don't walk away
Muses:
Don't say goodbye
Sonny:
Don't say goodbye
Muses:
Don't turn around
Sonny:
Don't turn around
Muses:
Don't let it die
Sonny:
Don’t let it die
Muses:
When shadows fall
When day is done
All through the night
Sonny:
All through the night
Muses:
All of my life
Sonny:
Don't walk away
Muses:
Don't walk away
Sonny:
Don't say goodbye
Muses:
Don't say goodbye
Sonny:
Don't turn around
Muses:
Don't turn around
Sonny:
Don't let it die
Muses:
Don't let it die
Sonny:
When shadows fall
Muses:
When shadows fall
Sonny:
When day is done
Muses:
When day is done
Sonny:
All through the night
Muses:
All through the night
Sonny:
All of my life
Muses:
All of my life
Sonny/Muses: