Tony Award-Winning Actor Gavin Creel Dead at 48

Broadway icon and Tony Award-winning actor Gavin Creel has handed away at age 48.

In response to The Hollywood Reporter, Creel’s surprising dying was confirmed by his accomplice Alex Temple Ward.

Creel handed away on Monday (Sept. 30) after coping with a uncommon, aggressive most cancers analysis since July 2024.

THR reported that Creel underwent therapy at Memorial Sloan Kettering Most cancers Heart in New York Metropolis.

The actor’s analysis was metastatic melanotic peripheral nerve sheath sarcoma, a uncommon type of most cancers that targets the bones and delicate tissues, based on People.

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Creel was identified for his starring roles in lots of notable stage reveals together with Totally Trendy Millie (his Broadway debut), Hey Dolly!, Hair, Into the Woods, Waitress and She Loves Me.

Although primarily a theatre actor, Creel additionally dabbled in TV and performed musical waiter Invoice within the childhood basic motion pictures Eloise on the Plaza and Eloise at Christmastime.

Creel was awarded his first Tony in 2017 after portraying Cornelius Hackl in Hey, Dolly! alongside Bette Midler.

He stated the award was an “absolute dream come true” on the time, based on Folks.

His ultimate position was a musical he wrote and starred in, titled Stroll on By way of: Confessions of a Museum Novice, which was commissioned by the Metropolitan Museum of Artwork.

The present ran Off-Broadway on the MCC Theater from Nov. 2023 by Jan. 2024.

Highlighting his legacy and displaying simply how beloved he was by followers, Creel’s present bought out its unique run.

“I like to have the ability to inform tales to make folks giggle, cry, and suppose,” he stated of the present, per Folks.

Creel was born in Findlay, Ohio, and obtained his Bachelor of High quality Arts in musical theatre from the College of Michigan Faculty of Music, Theatre & Dance in 1998.

A beloved determine within the theatre group, Creel was identified for his soulful voice and his activism as an advocate for racial equality, LGBTQ+ rights, and exposing sexual harassment within the trade.

He additionally co-founded the group Broadway Affect within the combat for marriage equality for LGBTQ+ {couples}.

Per Folks, Creel’s household and mates request that any presents in Gavin’s reminiscence be made to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

A small non-public gathering is being held for household and mates with a bigger, community-wide celebration of life to be held at a later date.