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,

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.

According to The New York Times, Creel's partner, Alex Temple Ward, confirmed his death through publicist Matt Polk, revealing that the actor died at their Manhattan home on Monday, Sept. 30, following a brief battle with an incredibly rare and aggressive form of cancer.