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Andrew Lloyd Webber paid tribute to his son Nicholas in an emotional assertion after his loss of life at 43 on Saturday, March 35. The Phantom of the Opera composer, 74, honored his son following his passing from gastric most cancers. “I am shattered to have to announce that my beloved elder son Nick died a few hours ago in Basingstoke Hospital,” Andrew stated in a press release to PEOPLE journal on Saturday, March 25. “His whole family is gathered together and we are all totally bereft. Thank you for all your thoughts during this difficult time,” the 75 12 months previous additionally stated.
Andrew had shared the information that his son was battling most cancers after he missed the previews and opening performances of his model new musical Bad Cinderella in March. Along with saying that he would miss the performances, he additionally stated that the entire household hoped that Nicholas would get well. “I am absolutely devastated to say that my eldest son Nick is critically ill. As my friends and family know, he has been fighting gastric cancer for the last 18 months and Nick is now hospitalised,” he stated in a press release to BroadwayWorld. “We are all praying that Nick will turn the corner. He is bravely fighting with his indomitable humour, but at the moment my place is with him and the family.”
With the information that Nicholas was battling abdomen most cancers, the Bad Cinderella solid shared finest needs for Andrew and his household in a tweet. “The cast and company of Bad Cinderella send their love, thoughts and prayers to Andrew and the Lloyd Webber family,” they wrote.
Like his dad, Nick was additionally a composer, having scored movies like The Last Bus and the TV collection Love, Lies, and Records. He additionally composed the music for the theatrical productions Fat Friends: The Musical and a 2016 adaptation of The Little Prince. He was additionally a file producer, notably working alongside his dad on his Symphonic Suites album and Cinderella solid album.
Nicholas was Andrew’s second youngster and his oldest son. The composer shared him together with his first spouse Sarah Hugill, who he was married to from 1971 to 1983. The couple additionally had a daughter Imogen, 45. After the divorce, Andrew wed soprano Sarah Brightman, who went on to star in lots of his musicals, together with Phantom of the Opera. He and Brightman have been married from 1984 to 1990. He married equestrian Madeliene Gurdon in 1991, they usually have three youngsters: Alastair, 30, William, 29, and Isabella, 26.
The information of Nick’s most cancers prognosis got here months after it was introduced that Andrew’s signature present Phantom of the Opera would shut on Broadway after 35 years, making it the longest-running present on Broadway. The firm had introduced the manufacturing would finish in a video in September 2022. The present later introduced that it might lengthen its time in New York as a result of elevated demand in November. The present will run till April 16.