Tony Award-winning actor Gavin Creel died at the age of 48. Creel died at his home in New York on Monday. His death was confirmed to Us Weekly by his partner, Alex Temple Ward, through a publicist. The cause of his death was metastatic melanotic peripheral nerve sheath sarcoma,

Creel passed away at his home in New York on Monday. His death was confirmed by his partner, Alex Temple Ward. The cause of death was a rare and aggressive form of cancer - metastatic melanotic peripheral nerve sheath sarcoma - which Creel was diagnosed with in July.

NEW YORK (AP) — Gavin Creel, a Broadway musical theater veteran who won a Tony Award for “Hello, Dolly!” opposite Bette Midler and earned nominations for “Hair” and “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” died Monday of a rare and aggressive form of cancer. He was 48.