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Jane Sparkes Musante passed away peacefully on March 8, 2024 in her Kinderhook, NY home. Jane was born on October 29, 1937 in Charleston, West Virginia to Nancy Wren Sparkes, an actress and Edward Marcus Sparkes, an inventor and mechanical engineer. Jane attended Oberlin College where she met her husband of over 50 years, Tony Musante, in a performance of L'Histoire du Soldat — she as a dancer and choreographer, he as an actor. After graduating in 1959, Jane and Tony both moved to Manhattan and were married on June 2, 1962. Manhattan remained their prime residence for over 5 decades along with a home in Los Angeles and a retreat on Block Island. Jane and Tony traveled the world and