Gavin Creel has died at 48 after battling an aggressive type of cancer.
The beloved Broadway star was identified for a string of profitable performances in Totally Fashionable Millie, Hair, She Loves Me and Hi there, Dolly!
Creel died on Monday, Sept. 30, as he was receiving remedy for a uncommon and aggressive type of sarcoma – in keeping with his companion, Alex Temple Ward.
Sarcoma is a uncommon sort of most cancers that types in connective tissues together with bone, muscle, fats, nerves, blood vessels, and extra. Sarcomas most frequently seems within the legs and arms.
Creel additionally performed Troy Winslow on the TV sequence American Horror Tales.
Gavin Creel lifeless at 48: Tony Award-winning Broadway star passes away from aggressive type of most cancers
He’s stated to have been present process remedy at New York’s Memorial Sloan Kettering after being recognized with most cancers in July.
The actor impressively earned a Tony Award nomination for his Broadway debut within the 2002 in a lead position of Totally Fashionable Millie.
He then obtained one other nomination for his lead efficiency as Claude within the 2009 Broadway revival of Hair, starring alongside Caissie Levy.
The star additionally performed Elder Value in The Ebook of Mormon from 2012 to 2015, and would later win the distinguished Olivier Award for the musical’s West Finish present.
Creel had additionally appeared on the West Finish stage in 2006 as Bert in Mary Poppins and when he reprised his position in Hair in 2010 for the West Finish switch.
His spectacular stage credit additionally embody La Cage aux Folles (2004), She Loves Me (2016), Waitress (2019), and Into the Woods (2022).
The Ohio-born performer received a Tony Award for enjoying reverse Bette Midler within the position of Cornelius in Broadway’s Hi there, Dolly! in 2017.
In addition to Midler, Creel additionally starred with Broadway legend Jane Krakowski within the 2016 revival of She Loves Me.
Creel obtained a Tony Award nomination for his lead efficiency as Claude within the 2009 Broadway revival of Hair, starring alongside Caissie Levy (Pictured above)