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Gavin Creel has passed away

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KevinKlawitter
#2Gavin Creel has passed away
Posted: 9/30/24 at 12:50pm

48 is way too young. RIP

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#3Gavin Creel has passed away
Posted: 9/30/24 at 12:53pm

OMG. Always so nice and truly so talented… I thought I was misreading it when I saw this. And really finally getting his due the last several years. Ugh. Seriously tragic. 

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#4Gavin Creel has passed away
Posted: 9/30/24 at 12:54pm

WHAAAAT????


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#5Gavin Creel has passed away
Posted: 9/30/24 at 12:54pm

How fcking awful.


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MemorableUserName
#6Gavin Creel has passed away
Posted: 9/30/24 at 12:55pm

Oh no! Such terrible news, and far too young. I don't even know what to say. Rest in peace, sir.

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#7Gavin Creel has passed away
Posted: 9/30/24 at 12:56pm

The Times is reporting he died of metastatic melanotic peripheral nerve sheath sarcoma, which he was diagnosed with in July.

This is truly devastating. What a loss.


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#8Gavin Creel has passed away
Posted: 9/30/24 at 12:56pm

Utter heartbreak! 


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#9Gavin Creel has passed away
Posted: 9/30/24 at 12:56pm

Just sitting here crying. This is so Goddamn unfair to take someone as talented and NICE as him so young. 

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#10Gavin Creel has passed away
Posted: 9/30/24 at 12:57pm

Unthinkable. 

What a talent he was. 


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#11Gavin Creel has passed away
Posted: 9/30/24 at 12:58pm

Kad said: "The Times is reporting he died of metastatic melanotic peripheral nerve sheath sarcoma, which he was diagnosed with in July.

This is truly devastating. What a loss.
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“Fewer than half of people with this condition live five years after diagnosis.” I’m speechless. Such a horrible disease.


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#12Gavin Creel has passed away
Posted: 9/30/24 at 1:00pm

Absolutely shocking. He was surely one of Broadway’s finest, most versatile performers.

he was brilliant in the Into The Woods revival 

Very very sad

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#13Gavin Creel has passed away
Posted: 9/30/24 at 1:01pm

My sister just called to check on me after she heard the news... and ended up being the one telling me. We grew up on the Eloise movies together and then we were lucky to see him in "Hello, Dolly!" together. 

F*CK cancer. 

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#14Gavin Creel has passed away
Posted: 9/30/24 at 1:02pm

This is such terrible news. RIP.

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#15Gavin Creel has passed away
Posted: 9/30/24 at 1:03pm

A phrase I've never used, but sums me up right now. I am shook. 


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Updated On: 9/30/24 at 01:03 PM

bwayobsessed
#16Gavin Creel has passed away
Posted: 9/30/24 at 1:04pm

MaddieBB12 said: "My sister just called to check on me after she heard the news... and ended up being the one telling me. We grew up on the Eloise movies together and then we were lucky to see him in "Hello, Dolly!" together.

F*CK cancer.
"

 

My mom and I told him how much we love Eloise when we saw him at the Dolly stage door.

 

this is devastating 

 

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#17Gavin Creel has passed away
Posted: 9/30/24 at 1:05pm

This is heartbreaking. I am so sorry to all those who knew and loved him.

In the spirit of sharing what a kind man Gavin was: when I was in high school, I was writing a paper for my journalism class on theatre criticism. I reached out to a couple of Broadway performers via MySpace (lol) to ask if they'd like to contribute any thoughts for my silly paper.

Gavin not only replied, but sent me what turned out to be two pages worth of his thoughts on the topic. It meant the absolute world to teenage me and left such an impact. He was generous with his time when he had absolutely no need to be. Updated On: 9/30/24 at 01:05 PM

AllThatJazz2
#18Gavin Creel has passed away
Posted: 9/30/24 at 1:08pm

Utterly shocked and in tears over this. He was such a wonderful performer, and such a sweet man. I just can't wrap my head around him being gone. 

Cancer is the absolute worst. 

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RippedMan
#19Gavin Creel has passed away
Posted: 9/30/24 at 1:08pm

This is so sad. His vocals will remain my favorite. 

Elspeth3
#20Gavin Creel has passed away
Posted: 9/30/24 at 1:10pm

I am devastated. Way too young. I was lucky enough to see him in She Loves Me, Waitress, and Into the Woods. He was a scene-stealer in all. Cancer is so cruel.

Updated On: 9/30/24 at 01:10 PM

schubox
#21Gavin Creel has passed away
Posted: 9/30/24 at 1:13pm

Godammit

Alex Kulak2
#22Gavin Creel has passed away
Posted: 9/30/24 at 1:14pm

https://youtu.be/345x2434v4M?si=4DFyRcSfigT5UFoI 

There are performers that make you think the art form of musical theatre just sprung up from the ground in service of their talents. We lost one of the best of those performers today.

Updated On: 9/30/24 at 01:14 PM

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#23Gavin Creel has passed away
Posted: 9/30/24 at 1:15pm

Just awful, so talented and such a nice guy. F**k cancer. 


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ChairinMain
#24Gavin Creel has passed away
Posted: 9/30/24 at 1:17pm

Utterly shocked. What a loss. Gavin Creel was an artist who had just transitioned from reliable player to genuine star, and I was so ready to hear his work as a composer and performer blossom. I was lucky enough to see him in four of his roles over the years (Hair, She Loves Me, Book of Mormon and Into the Woods) and each time he just shone on stage. His work in Into the Woods was an unforgettable act of scene-stealing, the kind of once-in-a-lifetime role reinvention that you don't know is possible until you see it done so well. F*ck cancer, and let's lift up the community today. This guy was such a light.

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Jeffrey Karasarides
#25Gavin Creel has passed away
Posted: 9/30/24 at 1:17pm

I was fortunate enough to have seen him in Hello, Dolly! the Saturday night before the 2017 Tonys. I also attended the ceremony the following night. I'll never forget how cool it was that his former Throughly Modern Millie leading lady, Sutton Foster, was one of the people who presented him his award.


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