Original ‘Dancing With the Stars’ musical director dead at 82 as cast pay tribute to ‘legend’ and ‘friend’
Derek Hough remembered him as someone who “helped build so much of the magic we all know” on “DWTS.”
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Music Original ‘Dancing With the Stars’ musical director dead at 82 as cast pay tribute to ‘legend’ and ‘friend’ By Carson Blackwelder Published June 25, 2026, 10:42 p.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add Page Six on Google The “Dancing With the Stars” family is mourning one of their own. Harold Wheeler, the ABC reality competition series’ longtime musical director, has died. He was 82. Wheeler, who was also a famed Broadway orchestrator and received a Special Tony Award in 2019 for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, died Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles following a lengthy illness, Deadline reports.
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