Disabled dancer David Toole has died from cardiac arrest at the age of 56, according to The New York Times, on Oct. 16. Toole is best known for his performance at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Paralympics and had worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Toole was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2020 for his contributions to dance and the disability community.
Toole was born with sacral agenesis, a rare birth condition that caused his legs and lower spine to be underdeveloped. At 18 months, Toole’s legs were amputated.
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