BOERNE, Texas – Author and former Broadway producer Walter Starcke died Monday at his home in Boerne.
Starcke's widow, Eron Howell-Starcke, said her husband suffered a stroke in April, and his condition had slowly deteriorated since then.
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Walter Starcke co-produced the Broadway production "I am a Camera," which went on to become "Cabaret," and served as Assistant Director on the original production of Roger and Hammerstei's "The King and I." He also wrote eight books on spirituality, the last of which he and his wife finished just before his death.
"I know he's just crossed over to the other side and is very much still with me. But it's not easy," said Howell-Starcke. "One of the titles to one of his books was Homesick for Heaven. And he was getting homesick for heaven."
Walter Starcke had homes in both Boerne and San Antonio, and he and his wife restored and ran the Guadalupe River Ranch, a retreat just north of Boerne.
Howell-Starcke said her husband was an intensely spiritual man, who traveled the world in search of spiritual enlightenment. She said he eagerly and often quoted verses from his well-worn Bible.
"It was marked in, highlighted, notes and corrections, and he could shake that bible like any Baptist minister you've ever seen," Howell-Starcke said.
Starcke had no children, but is survived by his widow and several dogs. Private funeral services are pending.