Gavin Creel, a famous Broadway and television actor who appeared on series such as “American Horror Stories,” died at the age of 48 on Monday, September 30.
His publicist, Matt Polk, revealed to The Associated Press that the star died after being diagnosed in July with metastatic melanotic sarcoma of the peripheral nerve sheath.
According to the Mayo Clinic, this malignant tumor is a “rare type of cancer that occurs in the nerves that run from the spinal cord to the body.”
According to People, Creel was treated at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York before being evicted and sent to his home in Manhattan, where he died.
After hearing the news, actress Bette Midler, who shared Gavin’s “Hello, Dolly!” scene, spoke out on X (formerly Twitter).
“I really wanted to work with him every night. He was fantastic. I can’t believe he’s gone. What a loss!” he wrote.
Idina Menzel, for her part, posted a photo of the singer on Instagram and wrote to accompany it: “Sweet, sweet, Gavin Creel. An angel among angels. I love you very much.”
Who Was Gavin Creel?
Gavin Creel was born and raised in Findlay, Ohio and graduated in 1998 from the University of Michigan School of Music, Theater & Dance.
He did touring and local work before landing his starring role as ‘Jimmy Smith’ in the Broadway production of ‘Thoroughly Modern Millie’.
A key character in his career was the demanding missionary ‘Elder Price’ in ‘The Book of Mormon’, in which he starred in the first national ‘tour’ in 2012 and went to London’s West End, where he won an Olivier Award in 2014. .
In 2017, he starred alongside Bette Midler and David Hyde Pierce in the play ‘Hello, Dolly!’, in which he played ‘Cornelius Hackl’, winning the Tony Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical.
In television and film, Creel was part of the casts of “American Horror Stories,” 2021, and “Eloise at the Plaza” and “Eloise at Christmastime.”
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