Celebrities are mourning the loss of Tony Award winner Gavin Creel . Adam Lambert and Rosie O’Donnell were amongst the famous faces to offer their condolences to Creel’s family, friends and loved ones after his death. He was 48.
“Heartbreaking — what an amazingly talented, loving, fun man,” O’Donnell captioned a tribute to Creel via Instagram. “All of Broadway will miss him.” Creel’s death was confirmed to Us Weekly by his partner, Alex Temple Ward , in September 2024 through a publicist.
The cause of his death was metastatic melanotic peripheral nerve sheath sarcoma — a rare form of cancer that starts in the spinal cord and runs into the body via the nerves — which Creel was diagnosed with in July. He underwent treatment at Memorial Sloan Kettering before starting home hospice care, according to Playbill . Creel made his Broadway debut in 2002’s Thoroughly Modern Millie , for which he received his first Tony Award nomination.
During his career, Creel starred in productions of Hair , which earned him another Tony Award nom, La Cage Aux Folles , She Loves Me , The Book of Mormon and Waitress . He earned a Tony Award for his performance in Hello, Dolly! as Cornelius Hackl in 2017. Keep reading for all the celebrities who have reacted to Gavin Creel’s death.
Foster, who starred in Thoroughly Modern Millie opposite Creel, spoke out via Instagram after his death. “My sweet friend,” she captioned a photo of the pair performing onstage together. “I wi.
