New York Post

One wedding & a funeral

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THE blockbuste­r Broadway revival of “Death of a Salesman” ended with a string of celebratio­ns for the cast — including the wedding for one of its stand-out stars, McKinley Belcher III, to his longtime boyfriend, Blake Fox.

We’re told stage veteran André De Shields — who gave an unforgetta­ble turn as Ben Loman, the uncle to Belcher’s character, Happy Loman — will officiate the nups.

We hear the soon-to-be newlywed actor is then heading off to Budapest — not for a honeymoon, but to shoot a TV show.

Belcher has also appeared in Netflix’s “Ozark” and Showtime’s “The Good Lord Bird.”

Fox is a visual artist and photograph­er who also works in education at the National Art Gallery of the Bahamas.

“I couldn’t be more honored and proud to be marching toward the end of this historic production’s journey,” Belcher told Page Six. “These people are my family, and the end of this journey will mark a very special beginning for me and Blake.

“André will be officiatin­g our wedding Tuesday, [co-star Sharon D. Clarke] will be by my side and all the Loman family will be there. The bonds we’ve built run deep, and that is a gift that keeps giving. I’ll never forget this moment. It is a dream come true!”

Meanwhile, the show also fêted De Shields’ 77th birthday onstage at the curtain call Thursday with a 24-layer chocolate cake from Strip House. Star Wendell Pierce led the audience in singing “Happy Birthday.”

As part of the last hurrah, Pierce and Clarke received their caricature­s from Sardi’s and will join the famed celebrity-filled walls at the theater spot.

And there will be a big closing bash at Bond 45 hosted by the producers.

If the salesman wasn’t already dead, he will be after all that.

The show opened in October at the Hudson Theatre and closed its run yesterday.

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