He was one of the biggest musical stars in the USA. Now Gavin Creel died of a rare cancer. The Broadway veteran was only 48 years old.
Broadway veteran Gavin Creel is dead. He died after a short, serious illness on September 30th at his home in Manhattan, New York, died on September 30th at his home in Manhattan. Creel was only 48 years old.
Just a few months ago, Creel was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. It was a so-called malignant peripheral nerve sheath sarcoma (MPNST), a malignant soft tissue tumor of the connective tissue. Life expectancy for this type of cancer is unfavorable; despite radical therapeutic measures, it is less than 50 percent.
Creel, a tall man from the American Midwest, had a powerful tenor voice that gave him extraordinary stage presence. He impressed audiences in his first appearance on Broadway when he appeared alongside Sutton Foster in the musical “Thoroughly Modern Millie” in 2002. The show, set in Jazz Age New York and based on the 1967 film of the same name, immediately earned him a Tony nomination for best actor and established him as one of musical theater’s most talented young performers.
Since his Broadway debut, he has appeared in “La Cage aux Folles,” “Hair,” “The Book of Mormon,” “Hello, Dolly!”, “She Loves Me,” “Waitress” and “Into the Woods.” . The news of Creel’s death caused great consternation in the acting world. Many of his colleagues paid tribute to the late actor, including Sutton Foster, who starred alongside Creel in Thoroughly Modern Millie. She shared a photo of the two of them on Instagram with the caption: “My sweet friend. I will always love you”.
Bette Midler, who appeared with Creel in the 2017 revival of “Hello, Dolly!” wrote: “Broadway’s beloved, radiant actor Gavin Creel has died of a rare form of cancer… He was amazing. I can’t believe he’s gone. What a loss.”
