{"id":109176,"date":"2024-10-01T16:33:38","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T09:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=109176"},"modified":"2024-10-01T16:33:38","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T09:33:38","slug":"american-horror-story-and-broadway-star-gavin-creel-dies-at-48","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=109176","title":{"rendered":"American Horror Story and Broadway star Gavin Creel dies at 48"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 EXUng\">\n<div data-testid=\"hero-image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/67f4\/live\/eccdb730-7fce-11ef-92ad-ff508aa8bb8c.jpg.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/67f4\/live\/eccdb730-7fce-11ef-92ad-ff508aa8bb8c.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/67f4\/live\/eccdb730-7fce-11ef-92ad-ff508aa8bb8c.jpg.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/67f4\/live\/eccdb730-7fce-11ef-92ad-ff508aa8bb8c.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/67f4\/live\/eccdb730-7fce-11ef-92ad-ff508aa8bb8c.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/67f4\/live\/eccdb730-7fce-11ef-92ad-ff508aa8bb8c.jpg.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/67f4\/live\/eccdb730-7fce-11ef-92ad-ff508aa8bb8c.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/67f4\/live\/eccdb730-7fce-11ef-92ad-ff508aa8bb8c.jpg.webp\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Getty Images Gavin Creel head shot - he has bleach blonde short hair and brown eyes\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><span class=\"sc-a34861b-2 fxQYxK\">Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\"><b id=\"tv-and-broadway-star-gavin-creel-has-died-from-a-\u201crare-and-aggressive\u201d-cancer-at-the-age-of-48,-his-publicist-matt-polk-has-announced.\" class=\"sc-7dcfb11b-0 kVRnKf\">TV and Broadway star Gavin Creel has died from a \u201crare and aggressive\u201d cancer at the age of 48, his publicist Matt Polk has announced.<!-- --><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Creel was best known as a stage star in shows such as Hello Dolly! opposite Bette Midler, which earned him a Tony award in 2017.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He played Cornelius Hackl opposite Midler in the titular role.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DAjWXfly87_\/?hl=en\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">Midler paid tribute on Instagram<!-- --><\/a>, describing Creel as a \u201cradiant actor\u2026 he was fantastic. I can\u2019t believe he\u2019s gone. What a loss.\u201d<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Creel also starred in the West End, picking up a prestigious Olivier award for best actor in a musical in 2014 for his turn as Elder Price in The Book Of Mormon, a role he went on to play on Broadway.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hanwaddingham\/status\/1840836929597632982\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">British star Hannah Waddingham said<!-- --><\/a> she was &#8220;shaken to my core&#8221; following his death.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve just had to sit down. I keep re-reading his name thinking everyone&#8217;s got it wrong. Not this man, not this beautiful, smiley, talented man,&#8221; she posted on X.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;The absolute real deal, talent pouring out of every pore. I&#8217;m heartbroken you&#8217;ve gone Gavin. I hope to see you again my friend.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><h2 class=\"sc-518485e5-0 kRvAla\">&#8216;Mind-blowing charisma&#8217;<!-- --><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Actor, producer and composer Lin-Manuel Miranda also paid tribute to Creel, who was cast as his first King George III when hit musical Hamilton was at the early workshop stage.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;Gavin Creel was our first King when all we had was 11 songs and he wrapped the audience around his finger with nothing but a Burger King crown and his mind-blowing charisma and talent,&#8221; <!-- --><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DAjM3SBJpFY\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">he wrote on Instagram.<!-- --><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;He is so loved and it is unimaginable that he&#8217;s no longer with us.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;My heart goes out to all the friends and family and collaborators lucky enough to be in his orbit.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Frozen star&#8217;s Idina Menzel and Josh Gad also posted tribute on social media.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Creel\u2019s first major Broadway role was as Jimmy Smith, opposite fellow newcomer Sutton Foster, in a revival of Thoroughly Modern Millie in 2002, which landed him his first Tony nomination for best leading actor in a musical.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;My sweet friend. I will love you forever,&#8221; <!-- --><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DAjdAOjRnfY\/?hl=en\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">Foster said in a post on Instagram.<!-- --><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Creel also played Claude Hooper Bukowski in the 2009 revival of Hair on Broadway.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He made his West End debut in 2006 as Bert in Mary Poppins and reprised his role in the West End transfer of Hair in 2010.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Other roles included Dr Pomatter in Sara Bareilles&#8217; musical Waitress on Broadway in 2019, a role he took to the West End a year later.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Creel\u2019s TV career included a two-episode stint in Ryan Murphy&#8217;s miniseries American Horror Stories, opposite Matt Bomer in 2021. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He also appeared opposite Dame Julie Andrews in TV movies Eloise At The Plaza and Eloise At Christmastime in the early 2000s.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The star also co-founded Broadway Impact, a grassroots organisation aimed at mobilising the theatre community to support marriage equality.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He was born in Findlay, Ohio and was a graduate of the University of Michigan School of Music.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Creel&#8217;s publicist said there will be a small private gathering for the family and a celebration of his life will be held for the theatre community at a date yet to be announced.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c4glk8y1711o\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Images TV and Broadway star Gavin Creel has died from a \u201crare and aggressive\u201d cancer at the age of 48, his publicist Matt Polk has announced. 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