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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|American vocal coach (1935–2022)}}<br />
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| name = Barbara Maier Gustern<br />
| image = Barbara Joan Maier.jpg<br />
| caption = Maier Gustern in 1963<br />
| birth_name = Barbara Joan Maier<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1935|2|10}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Boonville, Indiana]], U.S.<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age |2022|3|15|1935|2|10|mf=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[New York City]], U.S.<br />
| alma_mater = [[DePauw University]]<br>[[Columbia University]]<br />
| occupation = Vocal coach, singer<br />
}}<br />
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'''Barbara Joan Gustern''' ([[Birth name|née]] '''Maier'''; February 10, 1935 – March 15, 2022) was an American vocal coach and singer. She had many noted students, including [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]] singer [[Debbie Harry]], [[Taylor Mac]], [[Justin Vivian Bond]], [[Diamanda Galas]], and [[Kathleen Hanna]].<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Barbara Joan Maier was raised in [[Boonville, Indiana]].<ref name="nypress">{{Cite web |date=November 1, 2017 |title=Cultivating the city's voices |url=http://www.nypress.com/news/local-news/cultivating-the-citys-voices-PBNP1020171101171109980 |access-date=March 16, 2022 |website=NY Press |publisher=Straus Media |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rabinowitz |first=Chloe |title=Mary Testa and More Join If Music Be the Food of Love Benefit Celebrating the Birthday of Barbara Maier Gustern |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/Mary-Testa-and-More-Join-IF-MUSIC-BE-THE-FOOD-OF-LOVE-Benefit-Celebrating-the-Birthday-of-Barbara-Maier-Gustern-20200129 |access-date=March 16, 2022 |website=BroadwayWorld.com |language=en}}</ref> She was the daughter of Charles E. Maier and Gladys Hester Maier.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 26, 2006 |title=Charles E. Maier |pages=12 |work=Evansville Courier and Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97729059/charles-e-maier/ |access-date=March 16, 2022}}</ref> She completed a B.A. from [[DePauw University]] and a master's degree in psychology at [[Columbia University]].<ref name="Evansville">{{Cite news |date=July 30, 1963 |title=Barbara Joan Maier Married Saturday at Her Parents' Home |pages=4 |work=Evansville Courier and Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97729207/barbara-joan-maier-married-saturday-at/ |access-date=March 16, 2022}}</ref> She worked briefly in psychology before performing in musicals.<ref name="Evansville" /><br />
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Maier met her future husband Josef Donald Gustern, the son of Louis and Helen Gustern of New York, while singing at the [[Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel of Riverdale]].<ref name="nypress" /> They married on July 27, 1963, at her parents' home in Boonville, Indiana.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 24, 1964 |title=Boonville Native to Sing June 2 |pages=82 |work=Evansville Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97728935/boonville-native-to-sing-june-2/ |access-date=March 16, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Evansville" /> In August 1964, Gustern and her husband were cast in ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]'' at the Ephrata Star Playhouse.<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 15, 1964 |title=Musical Play Slated at Ephrata |pages=4 |work=Lancaster New Era |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97728993/musical-play-slated-at-ephrata/ |access-date=March 16, 2022}}</ref> When she was 40, she began teaching at the [[American Musical and Dramatic Academy]].<ref name="nypress" /> Gustern had many noted students, including [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]] singer [[Debbie Harry]], [[Taylor Mac]], [[Justin Vivian Bond]], [[Diamanda Galas]], and [[Kathleen Hanna]].<ref name="deadline">{{Cite web |date=March 14, 2022 |title=Broadway Singing Coach, 87, in Coma After Random Attack in Manhattan |url=https://deadline.com/2022/03/barbara-maier-gustern-broadway-singing-coach-coma-random-attack-1234977819/}}</ref><br />
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===Death and aftermath===<br />
On March 10, 2022, Gustern sustained a head injury after allegedly being pushed to the ground by a woman outside of her apartment building in [[Chelsea, Manhattan]]. While she remained conscious in the immediate aftermath and was able to give information to the police, her health deteriorated soon after, and she was taken to [[Bellevue Hospital]] for surgery, where it was found that she had suffered severe brain damage.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ransom |first=Jan |date=March 14, 2022 |title=Broadway Singing Coach, 87, Dies After Attack on Street |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/13/nyregion/barbara-maier-gustern-voice-coach-attack.html}}</ref> She died from her injuries five days after the attack, on March 15, at the age of 87.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yakas |first=Ben |date=March 15, 2022 |title=Beloved Broadway singing coach dies after hard shove in Manhattan |url=https://gothamist.com/news/barbara-maier-gustern-broadway-singing-coach-dies |website=Gothamist}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dodds |first=Io |date=March 15, 2022 |title=Renowned vocal coach Barbara Maier Gustern dies after being shoved to ground in NYC |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/barbara-maier-gustern-death-b2036685.html |url-access=registration |access-date=March 16, 2022 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><br />
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On March 22, 2022, a 26-year-old woman, Lauren Pazienza, turned herself in to authorities in connection to Gustern's death, and was charged with manslaughter. Prosecutors have indicated that the charges could be upgraded to murder.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wong |first=Ashley |last2=Southall |first2=Ashley |date=March 22, 2022 |title=Woman Is Charged in Shoving Death of Broadway Singing Coach |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/22/nyregion/barbara-maier-gustern-attack-arrest.html |url-access=limited |accessdate=March 23, 2022}}</ref><br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/nytimes/name/barbara-gustern-obituary?id=33805318 Obituary, Barbara Gustern, ''The New York Times'', March 24, 2022]<br />
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