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Oct 24, 2007 3:31 pm US/Eastern

Retired Broadway Actor Killed In UES Hit-And-Run

Police Searching For Red Mazda Miata

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Magee Hickey

NEW YORK (CBS) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: Police investigate where an elderly man struck and killed in a hit-and-run accident in the Upper East Side.
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A retired Broadway performer was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver as he tried to cross 1st Avenue at E. 73rd Street in Manhattan on Wednesday.

Police say the accident happened at 2:36 this morning while the victim, identified as 89-year-old Allan Stevenson, was getting coffee for the doorman in the building he's lived in for the past four decades.

"He hadn't shown up and I called the store and they said he left 20 minutes ago with your coffee, and I said someone was hit by a car and I think it's him," said the doorman, Jim Quinn. "Some guys from the store came by and told me that he'd passed away. I was upset."

Police say Stevenson was struck by a red Mazda Miata, which fled the scene northbound on 1st Avenue and never stopped after knocking him over at the northeast corner of 73rd Street. According to police, the Miata had a black convertible top, with New York plates and lots of front end damage.

Stevenson was taken to New York Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

"I feel bad. I knew the guy for 17 years. He used to be my friend. We'd talk sports," said Pablo Catorce, a nearby deli worker.

Friends and neighbors say Stevenson lived alone and loved the city's nightlife.

"He lived a good life. He didn't deserve to go out this way," Quinn said.

No suspects have been named in the incident so far.

Stevenson's stage career included minor roles in "Do Re Mi" (1960-62), "Small War on Murray Hill" (1957), and "Anne of the Thousand Days" (1949). In film, he appeared in "Murder by Phone" in 1982 and "Age of Innocence" in 1977.

Stay with wcbstv.com and CBS 2 for the latest in this developing story.

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